He added that the cardinals will meet in a session tomorrow morning, but not in the afternoon. On Sunday, many of the cardinals will celebrate Mass in their titular churches.
The last cardinal who will take part in the preliminary meetings and the conclave arrived in Rome on the afternoon of March 7. The group is now complete and can agree on the date of the conclave.
There were 151 cardinals present in yesterday afternoon's preliminary session and the two newly arrived cardinals took the oath in this morning's gathering.
The cardinals spoke about interreligious dialogue, bioethics, justice in the world, a positive proclamation of love and justice, and on collegiality among the world bishops.
Cardinals spoke this morning about the 'Adopt a cardinal' online initiative to pray so each cardinal makes the right vote. Over 220,000 people have adopted one so far.
They also covered the role of women in the Church.