Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen (C) listens to Archbishop of Tegucigalpa Cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga (L) during a visit to the Suyapa Cathedral in Tegucigalpa, Honduras January 9, 2017. REUTERS/Jorge Cabrera 

Honduran Cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga arrives for a meeting at the Synod Hall in the Vatican March 4, 2013. Preparations for electing Roman Catholicism's new leader begin in earnest on Monday as the College of Cardinals opens daily talks to sketch an identikit for the next pope and ponder who among them might fit it. The idea is to have the new pope elected during next week and officially installed several days later so he can preside over the Holy Week ceremonies starting with Palm Sunday on March 24 and culminating in Easter the following Sunday. REUTERS/Max Rossi (VATICAN - Tags: RELIGION) 

Masks of Honduras' interim President Roberto Micheletti (L), Honduras' military chief Romeo Vasquez (C) and Cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga stand during a rally in support of Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya, outside the Public Ministry in Tegucigalpa August 13, 2009. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido (HONDURAS POLITICS CONFLICT) 

A man dresses as Cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga, the current archbishop of Tegucigalpa, "blesses" the crowd during a rally in support of Honduras' ousted president Manuel Zelaya in Tegucigalpa, August 11, 2009. Rodriguez, speaking on Vatican Radio, denied that the Church in Honduras has taken sides in the dispute between Zelaya and the interim government, rather, the Church supports reconciliation, local media reported. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido (HONDURAS POLITICS RELIGION) 

A man dresses as Cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga (R), the current archbishop of Tegucigalpa, "blesses" the crowd during a rally in support of Honduras' ousted president Manuel Zelaya in Tegucigalpa, August 11, 2009. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido (HONDURAS POLITICS RELIGION) 

A man dressed as Cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga (R) blesses people during a rally in support of Honduras' ousted president Manuel Zelaya in Tegucigalpa August 6, 2009. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido (HONDURAS POLITICS CONFLICT) 

A man dressed as Cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga (R) blesses money during a rally in support of Honduras' ousted president Manuel Zelaya outside the U.S. embassy in Tegucigalpa August 6, 2009. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido (HONDURAS POLITICS CONFLICT) 

A man dressed as Cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga (L) blesses people during a rally in support of Honduras' ousted president Manuel Zelaya in Tegucigalpa August 6, 2009. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido (HONDURAS POLITICS CONFLICT) 

El Salvador's newly ordained Archbishop Jose Luis Escobar (L) addresses the audience next to Archbishop Luigi Pezzuto (2nd L) and Honduras' Archbishop Oscar Andres Rodríguez Maradiaga at the Metropolitan Cathedral in San Salvador February 14, 2009.
REUTERS/Luis Galdamez (EL SALVADOR) 

Honduras' Cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga attends a Mass, [presided over by Chilean Cardinal Jorge Arturo Medina Estevez], in the Vatican's St. Peter's Basilica April 16, 2005. [A conclave of 115 eligible cardinals will congregate on Monday to begin the process of electing a new pope.] 

-COMBO PHOTO- Combination photo shows nine of the cardinals considered possible candidates to succeed Pope John Paul II as the head of the world's more than one billion Roman Catholics. The election will be held at a conclave opening on Monday.
Top row from left:
Cardinal Francis Arinze of Nigeria, 72, leaves the Vatican at the end of the general congregation meeting in this April 12, 2005 file photo. REUTERS/Max Rossi/File
Cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga of Honduras, 62, looks on in this April 2, 2005 file photo. REUTERS/Tomas Bravo/File
Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger of Germany, 78, gestures at the end of a general congregation meeting in Vatican City in this April 14, 2005 file photo. REUTERS/Tony Gentile/File
Middle row from left:
Belgian Cardinal Godfried Danneels, 71, speaks during an interview at the Vatican in this October 16, 2003 file photo. REUTERS/Alessia Pierdomenico/File
Brazilian Cardinal Claudio Hummes, 70, is seen during mass in Se Cathedral in downtown Sao Paulo in this April 1, 2005 file photo. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker/File
Italian Cardinal Dionigi Tettamanzi, 71, arrives for the general congregation meeting in the Vatican in this April 12, 2005 file photo. REUTERS/Max Rossi/File
Bottom row from left:
Polish Cardinal Zenon Grocholewski, 76, walks past Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican in this April 13, 2005 file photo. REUTERS/Alessia Pierdomenico/File
Austrian Cardinal Christoph Schoenborn, 60, attends mass at St Peter's Basilica in this April 12, 2005 file photo. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi/File
Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina, 68, conducts mass at the City Cathedral in this April 4, 2005 file photo. REUTERS/Enrique Marcarian/File 

Honduras' Cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga attends a Mass, presided over by Chilean Cardinal Jorge Arturo Medina Estevez, in the Vatican's St. Peter's Basilica April 16, 2005. A conclave of 115 eligible cardinals will congregate on Monday to begin the process of electing a new pope. REUTERS/Kimimasa Mayama PP05040069 CRB 

Honduran Cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga attends a Mass, presided over by Chilean Cardinal Jorge Arturo Medina Estevez, in the Vatican's St. Peter's Basilica. Honduran Cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga attends a Mass, presided over by Chilean Cardinal Jorge Arturo Medina Estevez, in the Vatican's St. Peter's Basilica April 16, 2005. Smoke signals above the Sistine Chapel, telling the world whether or not cardinals have elected a new pope, are expected at around noon ( 1000 GMT) and 7 p.m. (1700 GMT) each voting day, the Vatican said on Saturday. REUTERS/Kimimasa Mayama PP05040069 

Cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga of Honduras (C) arrives for a general congregation meeting in the Vatican April 14, 2005. Roman Catholicism's conclave to elect a new pope will start next Monday in the Sistine Chapel following a public morning Mass in St. Peter's Basilica, the Vatican said on Tuesday. Once the conclave begins, the cardinals will not emerge from the Vatican until a new pope has been elected. They will hold voting sessions in the Sistine Chapel and sleep in the Casa Santa Marta hotel inside the Vatican grounds. REUTERS/Max Rossi PP05040069 MR/JJ 

Honduran Cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga arrives to attend a Mass at the Vatican's St Peter's Basilica. Honduran Cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga (C) arrives to attend a Mass, presided over by Brazilian Cardinal Eugenio de Araujo Sales, at the Vatican's St Peter's Basilica April 12, 2005. Roman Catholicism's conclave to elect a new pope will start at 1430 GMT next Monday in the Sistine Chapel following a public morning Mass in St. Peter's Basilica, the Vatican said on Tuesday. Once the conclave begins, the cardinals will not emerge from the Vatican until a new pope has been elected. They will hold voting sessions in the Sistine Chapel and sleep in the Casa Santa Marta hotel inside the Vatican grounds. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi 

U.S. cardinal Bernard Francis Law from Boston (C) talks with Honduras cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga (R) as Nigerian Cardinal Francis Arinze (L) looks on after a meeting of the world's Catholic cardinals at the Synod Hall in the Vatican May 22, 2001. More than 150 of the globe's 183 cardinals convereged in Rome for a three-day, closed door meeting, whose theme is Pastoral Perspectives of the Church in the Third Millennium. 

U.S. cardinal Bernard Francis Law from Boston (C) talks with Honduras cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga (R) as Nigerian Cardinal Francis Arinze (L) looks on after a meeting of the world's Catholic cardinals at the Synod Hall in the Vatican May 22, 2001. More than 150 of the globe's 183 cardinals convereged in Rome for a three-day, closed door meeting, whose theme is Pastoral Perspectives of the Church in the Third Millennium. PP05040050 PC/crb 

Pope John Paul II gives the ring of office to new Honduras cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga during the second day of the Consistory ceremony in St. Peter's Square February 22, 2001. The Pontiff asked the new cardinals to work for the goal of reaching Christian unity in the millennium that has just started. 

POPE JOHN PAUL II GIVES THE RING OF OFFICE TO NEW HONDURAS CARDINAL MARADIAGA DURING THE SECOND DAY OF CONSISTORY CEREMONY. Pope John Paul II gives the ring of office to new Honduras cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga during the second day of the Consistory ceremony in St. Peter's Square February 22, 2001. The Pontiff asked the new cardinals to work for the goal of reaching Christian unity in the millennium that has just started. PP05040069 

Honduras new cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga waits to be kissed by Pope John Paul II after he received the red berretta, a four-cornered red hat, during the Consistory ceremony in Saint Peter's Square February 21, 2001. Putting one of his final stamps on the group that will elect his successor, the Pope elevated 44 new cardinals. 

Honduras new cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga waits to be kissed by Pope John Paul II after he received the red berretta, a four-cornered red hat, during the Consistory ceremony in Saint Peter's Square February 21, 2001. Putting one of his final stamps on the group that will elect his successor, the Pope elevated 44 new cardinals. PP05040069 AP