Catholic cardinals will vote later today on when to start a conclave to elect a successor to Pope Benedict.
The Vatican has said that balloting would most likely begin early next week.
Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi said a decision was expected after 6pm (Irish time) at the end of an afternoon session of preliminary meetings known as "general congregations".
Fr Lombardi said it was "likely" the conclave in the Sistine Chapel would start either on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday.
All of the 115 "cardinal electors" under 80 years of age and thus eligible to vote for the next leader of the 1.2 billion-member Church have now arrived and are taking part in the meetings.
Meanwhile, the Association of Catholic Priests in Ireland has urged that Pope Benedict's successor should dispel the climate of fear and repression in the Church.
It has also called on the new pope not to reappoint any of the Vatican's departmental leaders but new people who would introduce new ideas and attitudes.
The association also calls on the new pope to fully implement the second Vatican Council's programme for renewal.
Today is the fourth day of the College of Cardinals' pre-election discussions.
The association's statement praises Pope Benedict's resignation for prompting a growing realisation of the need for church reform and renewal.
The association has seen Rome silence members for dissent and urges the new pontiff to dispel what it calls "the climate of fear and repression that has dogged the Church for some decades".
It says it should replace it with one of "openness and tolerance" in which the institution's many serious difficulties can be discussed.
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