As 133 cardinal electors prepare to enter the conclave on May 7, a few days before the 62nd World Day of Prayer for Vocations, Father Rémy Pignal, national delegate for the pastoral care of vocations since 2024, has been asked to clarify some sometimes confusing spiritual notions: vocation, calling, mission, appointment, election. The question may seem surprising as the process leading to the election of the supreme pontiff seems political. However, behind the votes of the cardinals gathered in the conclave, the Church primarily discerns a call from God. As with any vocation, it is the free response of a man to this call that makes him the Pope.