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00:01Millions of Catholics around the world are in mourning after the death of Pope Francis.
00:07The Vatican announced that the Pope died at 7.35 this morning,
00:12less than 24 hours after he was last seen in public blessing the Easter crowds.
00:17He was 88.
00:23What changes? Well, everything changes.
00:31You lose somebody that you love,
00:35but you're immensely aware that the throne of St. Peter is empty.
00:41We had a single purpose,
00:44to elect a successor to Pope Francis.
00:48Thousands of people come from all around the world to see this ancient tradition
00:53of how to elect the man who will then become the successor of St. Peter,
00:57the man who will guide this universal church.
01:01This process needs to be protected.
01:04It cannot be left vulnerable to other forces, interests, manipulations.
01:10We were excluded from the rest of the world.
01:19I had to be true to myself and true to what the church was calling me to do in this
01:24moment.
01:26I am not looking for the perfect human being.
01:29I am looking for a regular, born-born person.
01:35Someone in here has been chosen by God from birth to be the Pope.
01:48All we had to do was find him.
01:50All we had to do was find him.
01:58All we had to do was find him.
02:14So from the moment a Pope dies, it's obviously a very solemn moment.
02:18It's a time of suspense. It's a time of waiting.
02:21It's a time of watching. It's also a time of mourning for the death of this person.
02:28I was in mourning for the loss of a friend.
02:34And that's the dominant emotion that you have of sorrow and mourning for some time.
02:44It was, uh...
02:49Yeah, it, uh...
02:51It was, uh...
02:53It shook me.
02:59It was not just the Pope, you know,
03:03but someone that I have known for years
03:08and have had some very personal and friendly exchange
03:14and then a collaborator here.
03:17So, uh...
03:19Yeah, all of those layers of relationship
03:22being put together, you know, at this moment, yeah.
03:33That procession was, for me,
03:36probably the single most moving thing I have ever attended in St Peter's Square.
03:42Even though this was on a wonderful, magnificent scale,
03:47it was very simply the carrying of a much-loved person
03:52to the church for their funeral mass.
04:08After the funeral of the Pope,
04:12then you enter a new moment.
04:15Then slowly your gaze, your thoughts, turn to the future.
04:27The Conclave is a very important moment
04:31that gives the sense of the universality of Catholic religion
04:35and also of the global role of Rome
04:39as a capital of Christianity,
04:41a place where people come from all over the world.
04:49Being the mayor of Rome,
04:51it's an extremely difficult job,
04:54very hard job,
04:56but also very fascinating
04:58because we have the Vatican,
05:00which on the one hand is a state,
05:02sovereign state,
05:03which is not part of Italy.
05:05On the other hand,
05:06it's a full integral part of the city of Rome.
05:14The death of Pope Francis was a terrible shock,
05:17but then we had to immediately enter
05:19into the organisational phase
05:21of an event that was unique.
05:28Many people's eyes will be on the roof of the Sistine Chapel
05:32as more than 100 cardinals gather for the secret,
05:35centuries-old ritual of electing a new pope.
05:41A conclave is the process of electing a new pope,
05:44in this case,
05:45the 267th pope,
05:47the successor of Peter,
05:48the first pope.
05:50Everyone starts traveling to Rome,
05:52little by little,
05:53the cardinals start to become more present,
05:55and then no more than 20 days
05:57after the death of a pope,
05:59the conclave has to begin.
06:00And so the cardinals are thinking in this process,
06:03who in the arc of the church's 2,000-year history
06:06is going to be right for this job.
06:08And that's a very big question.
06:13Over the years,
06:14the rules and the number of cardinals
06:17who were allowed to enter a conclave
06:20to elect a pope changed,
06:22and the number of cardinals around the world
06:25grew exponentially.
06:26And it was growing so much
06:28that Paul VI in the 1970s
06:31put a limit of 120 cardinals
06:35who could enter a conclave,
06:36and he also limited their age.
06:39They had to be under 80.
06:42However, successive popes
06:44broke Vatican law, essentially,
06:47by naming more than 120.
06:49And in this conclave,
06:51the largest number of cardinal electors
06:53entered the Sistine Chapel
06:55to elect the new pope.
06:59135 cardinals were eligible.
07:02Only 133 actually took place
07:04because two of them were ill
07:06and couldn't do it.
07:09I was feeling quite intimidated
07:12about the whole prospect of the conclave
07:15because it's such an important decision.
07:18And I'd never been at one before,
07:20so I didn't know quite exactly
07:22what was going to happen.
07:26But following the funeral of Pope Francis,
07:30there were nine formal days of mourning.
07:35That meant a solemn mass each day.
07:40And then most mornings,
07:42there was what's called
07:44a general congregation,
07:46which was a meeting
07:47of all the cardinals present in Rome
07:49in a very formal setting
07:51where each could speak
07:53about the qualities
07:55that they believed were needed
07:58in the next pope.
08:01It was a time where we learnt
08:03about all the different cardinals,
08:05how they saw the world,
08:07how they saw the church,
08:09what they thought were the challenges,
08:11what were their hopes.
08:13We come from every country in the world,
08:17all sorts of cultures.
08:19And this was largely, I think,
08:21because Pope Francis reached out
08:23to places which had never had
08:24a cardinal before,
08:26like Tehran in Iran.
08:29So he wanted to bring in
08:30very different voices.
08:37After a couple of days,
08:38a very useful book was produced for us,
08:42giving the life history,
08:44the qualifications,
08:45and a picture of each of the cardinals.
08:50So, for example,
08:52one young cardinal came from Mongolia.
08:55So I chatted to him
08:57about what's it like.
08:58Are you on the steps
09:00with the nomadic people?
09:01He said, yes.
09:02He said, and I have a church
09:03which is a tent,
09:05which is folded up
09:06and moves with people.
09:07Well, we don't do that
09:08in central London.
09:09I mean, the differences
09:11are astonishing.
09:16Contrary to what public opinion is,
09:17or maybe you see in Hollywood,
09:19there was no campaigning
09:21that I came across
09:23where people came up
09:23and said you should vote
09:24for this or that person.
09:26What we did, however,
09:28was try to identify
09:29what were the needs
09:30of the church at this time
09:31and the qualities
09:32of the individual
09:33that could lead the church
09:35moving forward.
09:39The Sistine Chapel,
09:40where the conclave takes place,
09:42has to be prepared
09:43for the arrival of the cardinals.
09:45And part of that
09:47is installing a new floor.
09:50Of course, they want to protect
09:52the rich mosaics that are there,
09:54but the stone floors
09:55floors are also quite uneven
09:57and you have a lot of elderly men
09:58who might be a little unstable
10:00on the floor,
10:00so creating a smooth surface
10:02for them to walk on
10:03is helpful in terms of safety
10:04and protection for them.
10:12Of course, they bring in tables,
10:15chairs that are comfortable for them,
10:18but then you also have,
10:19of course, the stoves.
10:26The conclave comes from
10:28the Latin word conclave,
10:30which basically means
10:30with a key,
10:32which means that
10:33it's supposed to be
10:34completely secret.
10:36It was supposed to always
10:37have been secret,
10:38even going back centuries.
10:41One of the ways
10:42that the cardinals
10:43wanted to keep it secret
10:44was to basically burn
10:45all the evidence.
10:46And so the ballots were burned,
10:49the notes that
10:50various cardinals took
10:51were burned.
10:52But at a certain point,
10:54the populace wanted to know
10:55what was going on inside.
10:57So a stove was put
10:59in the Sistine Chapel
11:00with a flue that went up
11:02to a chimney stack,
11:04and they would burn
11:05the ballots with water
11:06if they wanted black smoke,
11:08which meant no pope,
11:09and without water
11:12if a pope has been elected
11:13because the smoke would come out
11:15kind of grayish-white.
11:16That didn't always work.
11:19They've got it down
11:20to a science now
11:21where in the stove
11:23where the ballots are burned,
11:24an additive is put in there
11:26to produce either white
11:28or black smoke,
11:29and bingo,
11:31the world knows
11:32whether we have
11:33a new pope or not.
11:38The anticipations building
11:39here in Rome
11:40and across the world
11:41ahead of this election,
11:44the fact is,
11:45we don't know
11:46until much later
11:47who exactly they can choose.
11:49The field is wide open.
11:51It is totally unpredictable
11:52until we see that smoke.
11:57So, of course,
11:58going into this conclave,
12:00we all had our lists,
12:01you know,
12:02of top contenders,
12:03you know,
12:03the papabile.
12:05Maybe?
12:05Wim Aik?
12:06Yes.
12:07Wim Aik.
12:08Wim Aik.
12:09Wim Aik.
12:09So the term papabile
12:12means basically
12:13you are a frontrunner
12:14to be elected pope.
12:15You're considered
12:16a likely candidate
12:17to be elected pope.
12:18And you had
12:19some clear names
12:21that were being put out there,
12:23you know,
12:23Cardinal Pietro Parolin,
12:25the Vatican Secretary of State
12:26under Pope Francis.
12:27You had Cardinal
12:28Pietro Battista Pizzabala
12:29in Jerusalem.
12:30And then,
12:31you know,
12:31there's always these
12:32dark horse candidates
12:33that are also being taken
12:34seriously,
12:35but you might not expect it.
12:38And one of them
12:39was Cardinal Robert Prevost,
12:41who had a reputation
12:43for being
12:45a very good leader,
12:46a very good administrator,
12:47very smart,
12:48you know,
12:49very furbo,
12:49as they say in Italian,
12:50very savvy.
12:52So,
12:53you had a lot of names
12:54that were coming out
12:54of people
12:55that were being looked at.
13:00I know for a fact
13:01that even my name
13:02was being mentioned.
13:04You walk around
13:05and people recognize you
13:09and then some would stop you
13:11and say,
13:12oh,
13:12let us have a selfie.
13:13You might become the pope.
13:16It was not pleasant
13:18at all,
13:19I should say,
13:19for me.
13:22I do not like the,
13:25what do you call this,
13:26the limelight.
13:28I don't like being
13:30the object of talk
13:33and things like that.
13:34because I see myself
13:35better as a,
13:37as a,
13:37what do you call this,
13:38a silent worker.
13:43So,
13:44obviously,
13:44no one knows
13:45before the conclave
13:46who
13:47is going to be
13:48elected pope
13:49and so you don't know
13:50what kind of body
13:51that man has.
13:52Maybe
13:53short,
13:53tall,
13:54skinny,
13:55a little bit on
13:55the heavy side,
13:56medium,
13:57you don't know.
13:57so essentially
13:59the tailors
14:00from all over the city
14:02prepare three
14:04white
14:05papal garments
14:06in three different sizes.
14:08Allora,
14:08noi per fare
14:09le tre talari
14:11che dobbiamo fare
14:12per uno piccolino,
14:14uno medio
14:15e uno grande
14:16tipo Giovanni Ventitriesimo,
14:18tanto per capirti.
14:20Snello potrebbe essere
14:21tipo Paolo VI
14:23che era Snello.
14:25E medio?
14:27Medio
14:27potrebbe essere
14:28anche Papa Francesco
14:30all'inizio
14:30perché dopo la fine
14:31era diventato
14:32piuttosto robustello,
14:34piuttosto
14:34grossetto.
14:36Ma all'inizio
14:37era una persona media.
14:39Una volta segnato
14:40tutto quanto
14:41cominciamo a tagliare.
14:43A tagliare
14:44cominciamo da qua.
14:46Vuoi cominciare
14:47tu a tagliare?
14:49Chi è?
14:50Dove faccio?
14:51Basta
14:51un battuto sorte
14:52vedi un po'.
14:53Spendiamo di no,
14:54dai.
14:56Io faccio
14:57il sarto
14:58da 70 anni
15:01faccio le vesti
15:02del talari
15:02per vesco
15:03e per cardinali
15:05e ho fatto
15:05del talari
15:06anche per
15:06l'ultimi tre papi.
15:09Spero di fare
15:10il prossimo
15:11anche qualcun altro.
15:13Aspetto
15:14con tanta fiducia.
15:20il conclave
15:21è un momento
15:22fascinante
15:23del vita
15:24di Roma
15:25e di cristianitÃ
15:26perché
15:26c'è un sens
15:27di aspettare.
15:29Nessuno
15:29sa cosa
15:30non si può
15:31predica
15:32quando
15:32il popolo
15:33sarÃ
15:33l'ultimo
15:36It was really a very busy moment.
15:39We had to take care of the presence of a very huge number of people.
15:46We had to work together with all the police forces, with security officials, city officials
15:52and the Vatican.
15:55We had to organize the protection of the aerial space, the drones, all the security, the traffic
16:00arrangement, which from a logistical organizational point of view, it's extremely demanding and
16:05challenging.
16:06But we are trying to do our best to make the city ready for this.
16:14The day before the conclave begins, there is this protocol of total secrecy, where around
16:20the Vatican, so Vatican City State, goes into almost a type of radio silence.
16:26And so there is no signal, service or Wi-Fi.
16:34We were excluded from the rest of the world.
16:40We had to leave behind iPhones and laptops and iPads and everything.
16:49Even the Kindle that I thought I might be able to read from, no, that was taken.
16:54They checked my electric toothbrush.
16:57It was worse than getting on any airplane.
16:59I discovered my fear of like, wow, I will not be with my cell phone for a number of days.
17:10And then I realized, see, how dependent I have been on my cell phone.
17:16But I should confess, no, after the first day, I felt liberated.
17:22I said, wow, to be in this space where I could be left with serenity so that I could do
17:37my mission.
17:42Another part of preparing for the conclave at the Vatican also includes the Casa Santa Marta,
17:48or the Vatican Guest House.
17:49It's not supposed to be an exclusive five-star hotel, but it's the place where cardinals from
17:55all over the world will come and they'll spend the entire duration of the conclave there.
18:02There are bigger rooms and smaller rooms.
18:06But the rooms were chosen for each of us by lottery, not by order of precedence.
18:13So I actually had rather a small room, but so did Cardinal Parolin, the Secretary of State.
18:21But it didn't make much difference.
18:26I must admit that on entering into the Casa Santa Marta, it suddenly became much more peaceful.
18:33That now we were at the start, as it were, and sealed in.
18:41This was where the conclave began, under the quay.
18:55On the day the conclave started, going from Santa Marta to the Sistine Chapel, there were buses available for those
19:06who wanted to take the bus.
19:08But for those who preferred to walk then, that was also allowed, because the area, they were all secured, you
19:16know, so you could walk in peace, you know.
19:22Now the conclave to elect a new pope to lead the world's 1.4 billion Roman Catholics is underway at
19:30the Vatican.
19:30The 133 Cardinals, permitted to vote, will choose Pope Francis' successor.
19:39All the cardinals were in the Cappella Paolina, close to the Cappella Sistine Chapel.
19:47There was a moment of prayer.
19:51And then in procession, at the Cappella of the Litanias, they entered into the Cappella Sistine Chapel.
20:20The routines of the conclave have been established for centuries.
20:25And they've followed meticulously.
20:28So we did a lot of sitting quietly, waiting for a particular part of the procedure to be completed.
20:37So, for example, each cardinal at the beginning of the conclave has to take a solemn oath of secrecy.
20:45And they go, Timotius Cardinalis Radcliffe, spondio, volvio, agiuro.
20:52Spondio, volvio, agiuro.
20:56We promised to be entirely confidential.
21:00And never to reveal what happened.
21:03That happened 133 times.
21:10For me, it took about 30 seconds.
21:25So, for the rest of the time, I sat in silence.
21:31There is the silence of when you've got nothing to say.
21:35And there's the silence of when you have everything to say.
21:39Often when we're really close to people, it's when we sit with them in silence, enjoying their presence.
21:47And I think for a lot of us, it was a beautiful time of silence, trying to understand the dynamics
21:55of what was happening.
21:57But the moment comes when there is the great cry, extra omnes.
22:02Everybody out.
22:05Extra omnes.
22:09When I pronunciated the pope, I asked myself what it means.
22:13I closed the door?
22:15I closed the door inside?
22:19I closed the world outside?
22:24And the world inside.
22:26I should not abandon the life, the world.
22:29but let alone the Spirit illuminates the hearts and helps to choose what can really be the pastor necessary for
22:42the Church.
23:09Once the doors of the Sistine Chapel have been shut, the voting begins.
23:16There are, in a conclave, usually four ballots a day until a pope is elected.
23:21So, in this case, it began in the afternoon. There was only one ballot because, of course, there's some practical
23:26explanations of how things are going to work
23:28because there were a lot of new cardinals. Then the first ballot is conducted, and you have your first vote.
23:34It's a two-thirds majority that was needed, and the mathematicians among us told us that was 89 votes.
23:46When you vote, each of you writes down a name on a ballot paper, and names are extraordinarily important to
23:55us all.
23:56We know that our names are treasured by the people who love us.
24:01And so when you write somebody's name down, you're doing something quite intimate.
24:06You then go up, holding your ballot upright so that everybody can see it,
24:13and you swear that you will vote for the person who you really believe before God is the right person.
24:25And then you place the ballot in the urn and shut the lid, and the urn is on the altar.
24:34This is very important. That was a detail that the film, the Conclave, got wrong, which had the urn on
24:42a table.
24:47In the Conclave, there were cardinals elected to scrutinize the votes and read out the name of each cardinal
24:55as the card is taken out of the container.
24:58So, in that sense, everybody in the room would know what the distribution of votes were.
25:07We all received a kind of score sheet to be able to mark down ourselves how many votes were going
25:13to the various individuals,
25:16and so we were able to follow that closely.
25:18During the votes, I remain outside, in that room, next to the Cappella Sistina, and I remain in wait.
25:28It's a moment in which it becomes a prayer.
25:32In some way, they are united to the cardinals that only separate us from that door,
25:40but they are united to them by invoking the spirit.
25:46I was thinking often, someone in here has been chosen by God from birth to be the Pope.
25:56Like the word Pope was written on his heart, and all we had to do was find him,
26:01and to discern who that might be.
26:05To begin with, I was thinking, couldn't we have a push-button system in here?
26:11So I was agitated, but slowly I learned actually the slow pace and the patience contributed to that sense of
26:22purposeful discernment and reflection.
26:28The conclave is a liturgy.
26:34It is a space of prayer, worship, you know, and surrender to the Lord.
26:42So it is not just business.
26:45It is not just a parliamentary discussion.
26:49This is not just an election where I will choose for my personal interest.
27:00What is at stake here is not just my life or the life of a few.
27:06What is at stake here is the whole church.
27:13While we were in the conclave, we had no access to the news.
27:19So paradoxically, at the same time, never had the news been so focused on us ever before,
27:27and never had we been so cut off from the news.
27:30So we had no idea what people were saying.
27:34And that, in a way, took off a weight from our shoulders.
27:41This is a huge conclave, 133 cardinal electors,
27:45and they will be waiting for the voice of God to tell them exactly where their vote should go.
27:53Now we await the black or white smoke here outside the Sistine Chapel in the next hour or so.
28:03I felt on that first day that it was a great privilege to be a part of a very historic
28:10moment in the life of the church.
28:12So it was a moment of very profound, deep commitment to do the best I could as a cardinal of
28:19the church.
28:22When they finished the vote, when they did the scrutinio and the revisors had controlled,
28:27the cardinal Diacono comes out and lets us enter to do the procedure
28:33to break all the boards and distribute others if there is another vote.
28:46The top story of this hour is thick black smoke.
28:50It has risen from the Sistine Chapel chimney, signalling that the cardinal's meeting in the conclave
28:54have not yet agreed on a new pope.
28:59It probably would be very unusual to elect someone on the first ballot.
29:03So I guess I wasn't surprised.
29:06But it did, of course, give us an idea of the strength of various candidates
29:11and gave us, I think, an opportunity to sleep on what we saw take place and then enter the next
29:18day.
29:19So we left there and went back to the Casa Santa Marta and had dinner.
29:25The meals were simple but perfectly adequate.
29:31We had wine, which always is a good thing.
29:34It encourages conversation.
29:36And we were relaxed in each other's company.
29:40The conversations between the cardinals in those days had no rancour.
29:49There was no harsh words.
29:51It was dedicated solely to this process of election of a pope.
29:57So how do we do it as a group?
30:00I mean, that's quite difficult.
30:03I would say it's by listening very attentively.
30:08So there might be something that comes up in a conversation and it creates an echo in me.
30:16You think, oh, yeah, I hadn't thought of that.
30:18Something that is like throwing a pebble into a pond.
30:22And you suddenly realise that this small pebble is sending out ripples right through the whole group.
30:29And then you begin to sense how that movement is taking place among the people that you're with.
30:41Hello and welcome to the Vatican.
30:44We're here watching and waiting as 133 cardinals involved have entered the second day of the conclave in the Sistine
30:53Chapel
30:54to vote once again on who should be the next pope.
31:00Of course, we had breakfast together.
31:03And then some of us walked over to the Sistine Chapel.
31:06Others went by bus.
31:08We celebrated mass.
31:10And then took up the work of going into the Sistine Chapel again.
31:15And we began by taking votes.
31:24To hold the conclave in the Sistine Chapel is a very significant dimension of our experience.
31:32I don't know if I can explain it well, but I would say maybe the first thing is just that
31:38we're in such a beautiful place.
31:40And I think this somehow enhances the meaning and the importance and maybe also the tranquility with which we come
31:50to our decision and our conclusion.
31:55Secondly, the image of the last judgment before us is a very eloquent reminder of the importance, the seriousness of
32:06what we're doing.
32:07And I don't think the message can be lost to anyone in the room.
32:17There in front of you is this enormous great image by Michelangelo.
32:26It's overwhelming.
32:28I found it a bit depressing, seeing all the poor people being damned, going down to hell.
32:35I came to see it in another way.
32:38I came to see it as the triumph of love over hatred, of life over death.
32:46It is the victory of goodness over evil.
32:50And that's extraordinarily liberating.
32:54Because you know that in the end, you believe that good and love and life will triumph.
33:02So when you vote, you're not tempted to be manipulative or political or pragmatic.
33:12You say, let us choose the person who is best able to seek the triumph of goodness.
33:25I think there's a great contrast between what goes on in the Sistine Chapel and what was going on in
33:33St. Peter's Square.
33:40I think that we were making progress.
33:44And I believe also one of the things that impressed me was that there had to be a certain moment
33:51in which cardinals who were favoring another candidate had to realize that there was a presence much larger than ourselves
34:01in the room,
34:01moving us in a particular direction.
34:09The initial ballots of a conclave are usually all over the map.
34:15Some cardinals will vote for somebody who doesn't have a chance of getting elected,
34:21but just as a kind of a show of gratitude for the service that has been done for the church.
34:32Then things start getting serious as the numbers start, you know, going up and down, up for some and down
34:40for others.
34:41Even the cardinals themselves start, you know, I guess, taking tallies about who is getting votes and who is not
34:49getting votes.
34:49But they need a two-thirds majority.
34:53And the last three conclaves all lasted just two days.
34:58There's literally stories, of course, that there was a conclave and it was going on and on.
35:03So eventually the food supply was cut down.
35:07And even after that, then the roof was taken off the hall where they were meeting to make them come
35:13to a decision.
35:14But we weren't as obstinate as that.
35:18Let's take you live to the Vatican where black smoke is billowing out of that chimney,
35:24which tells us that two votes have taken place already this morning.
35:29And that means no new pope has been elected yet.
35:47The second and the third votes were again inconclusive.
35:51Black smoke went up.
35:53And then we broke for lunch and went back and had time for a little siesta.
36:05When we went into the conclave, we prayed for the guidance of the Holy Spirit.
36:10And some people might think that that gets us off the hook.
36:14Don't worry, it's the Holy Spirit who will decide.
36:21We believe that the Holy Spirit is the way that we share the life of God,
36:27who is love and who is understanding.
36:31And so you open yourself to the Holy Spirit by loving each other,
36:37but also by thinking, by arguing, by your intuition, your imagination.
36:46So believing in the guidance of the Holy Spirit doesn't mean that you stop thinking.
36:52It means you hope that you will think better and more clearly.
36:59The Cardinals, they'll be back this afternoon.
37:01There'll be two more votes.
37:03If no pope is elected, then the process will continue into tomorrow.
37:13I suspect that the Cardinal who was elected knew after the morning votes that he was going to be elected
37:22and that he had an overwhelming number of votes already.
37:29In the very concrete act of choosing a name, you call on God.
37:35God who knows your heart.
37:37God who knows your intentions.
37:39And for me, those are important reminders.
37:43As the Cardinals go through the process,
37:47there is a continuing call to personal vigilance.
37:53Watch your thoughts.
37:55Watch your desires.
37:57Watch your sentiments.
38:01I was inspired by the fact that the Cardinals each had to make a decision
38:05in giving up the support for a candidate perhaps that they wanted
38:09in order to go with how the movement and the direction was unfolding.
38:16They really wanted the best for what the church needed at this time.
38:22There's no doubt that voting in a conclave
38:26is about the deepest sense of responsibility that I've ever had.
38:32At the beginning of the conclave, I thought it would take some time.
38:38And I was surprised, as I think most of us were,
38:42by how quickly we've managed to find a successor.
38:55There was one vote that was counted in the afternoon.
38:59It was the fourth ballot.
39:04And there was a sense of anticipation as the votes were coming in
39:07that this could be a moment in which we elected the Pope.
39:13I think we came to a decision probably about six o'clock.
39:20I am a firm believer, you know, that the most spiritual event is also very human.
39:30And I was beside Cardinal Prevost, you know.
39:35And when he was getting close to the required number of votes,
39:43I heard him with deep sighs.
39:48So I offered him a candy.
39:50I said, do you want a candy?
39:52And he accepted.
39:53I think I also gave him a glass of water.
39:58So when 89 majority arrived, there was an explosive applause.
40:06I think we all looked at his face.
40:09We all could guess what he was living at this moment.
40:16As soon as that final vote was taken and all the other papers were collected up,
40:22off went the white smoke.
40:38I was just near the ballot when the white smoke was sent up.
40:44I was just near the furnace.
40:46And what was extraordinary is you hear the crowd roaring
40:50before they even know who it is.
40:56We remained actually very, very calm and recollected.
41:20Hi, baby.
41:22They're coming to my office for the wedding.
41:29Atilla Isis,ct Ma northern?
41:33My Girlboros, how do you join us?
41:35Te 그래서, what was very close to us?
41:38Yeah, she's invited.
41:41Here we are at that time.
41:43So in this time we have to listen.
41:47And we sit down for a Tusritovito,
41:48I'm going to let David O'Hey,
41:49And you кcción on.
41:50Let's feel the hidden moment.
41:50Thank you, industrial?
42:01We have the Pope.
42:05There will be a lot of people, a lot of crowd now.
42:09There are already many thousands now.
42:13We expect more than 80,000 people probably
42:17when he will make his first announcement.
42:22And Rome is a bit the centre of the world. We feel that.
42:28That's a moment full of emotions.
42:37After the white smoke, there's a moment where you're waiting
42:39and everyone's in the square listening or watching.
42:43The anticipation is building for that moment when the Pope will be announced
42:48and then we'll actually see and greet the Pope for the first time.
42:54The Proto-Deacon, one of the Cardinals, comes out on the balcony
42:59and says,
43:01I announce to you news of great joy in Latin.
43:05We have a Pope.
43:10The Proto-Deacon...
43:12The Karlsworth and the lovelyiquerian
43:47At that moment, it doesn't matter if you speak Latin, understand Latin or anything, everyone cheers and everyone's so excited
43:53because that's a term that everyone knows across the world, no matter what language you speak.
44:05Domilum Robertum Franciscum, Santa Romana Ecclesiae, Cardinalem Prevost.
44:26Impensabile!
44:29It's really a surprise, just what I said.
44:33It wasn't even a...
44:34No one was ever nominated.
44:38I said it only to him.
44:45Quisibin homen imposuit Leonem Decimum Quartum.
44:55He's from Chicago and he has been a long time in Peru, that's what I know.
45:01I think he speaks Italian, but now we will see.
45:07The choice of Pope Leo XIV suggests that he is going to be dedicated to issues such as social justice
45:18as Leo XIII was during his reign.
45:25Dopo l'elezione, con il nuovo Papa, sono entrato nella sala del pianto.
45:31È una piccola saletta che si trova sulla sinistra in fondo del giudizio universale,
45:39in cui, con il mio ufficio, abbiamo predisposto tutti i paramenti per l'abito corale del nuovo Papa,
45:45con più taglie, c'erano delle camice, c'erano tre tuniche bianche, la talare bianca, c'era la mozzetta rossa,
45:55c'era la croce da mettere, la croce pettorale e la stola da indossare per l'uscita.
46:03E in quel momento ero io e lui solo, spesso il nuovo Papa ha quell'emozione forte che porta anche
46:13al pianto,
46:14anche io in quel momento, dico qualche lacrima, anche in quel momento un po' mi è venuta,
46:18perché è un momento forte in cui ti trovi davanti a colui che forse sentiva davvero la responsabilitÃ
46:26che era stato chiamato dagli altri cardinali per la volontà di Dio.
46:33Anche quello è uno dei momenti belli, importanti, in cui mi sono trovato col Papa,
46:41per primo, ecco, poter parlare con lui, ho chiesto subito la sua benedizione,
46:46e poi gli ho spiegato un po' quelli che erano i paramenti, cosa bisognava fare,
46:51e assieme l'ho aiutato, ecco, a prepararsi e a vestirsi.
46:58Voglio, avanti alla fine...
46:59Once fitted out in the regalia of the Holy Father,
47:03Pope Leo began his journey.
47:08He had to leave the Sistine Chapel
47:10and then turn right and go into the Pauline Chapel,
47:15where he could spend as long as he wanted in prayer.
47:25we already were on the balcony but he was still in the chapel we said oh what what is he
47:33uh doing
47:34in the chapel is he crying again you know we were we were we were we were joking with each
47:40other
47:40but i think at that moment while in prayer he also thought of what he would say you know
47:47to the world
47:50so we waited and at that time people were already free to laugh aloud and to talk and to make
48:00jokes
48:01you know and then finally the newly holy father came out now dressed as a new pope
48:27it was the last moment of the conclave that concludes this great event and the face of a new pope
48:41is
48:41he was always taking away from him and he was like he was watching him together with him
48:47like a great feast
48:52the joy of who was born
48:55Subito si sono messi a cantare, a gridare, viva Papa Leone.
49:02Era il popolo di Dio che ringraziava per il dono del pontificio.
49:25È una buona amministrazione, e sono molto orgoglioso che qualcuno che è nato in Chicago
49:32era preso per essere il successo di Peter.
49:55I was surprised at one level, but not surprised, you know,
49:59because those of us who had been closely watching knew he was a candidate,
50:02and we knew that he was being seriously considered.
50:05You know, so part of the big question was,
50:06is his American background going to get in the way, you know?
50:09And in the end, it did not.
50:11Dio ci vuole bene. Dio vi ama tutti.
50:16Many people thought that we could never elect an American party, and we did.
50:23So when he appeared on the balcony, a lot of us thought,
50:28isn't it marvellous, we have a Pope who speaks English,
50:31particularly the English who aren't very good linguists.
50:34But he did not speak in English on that occasion.
50:39Questa è la pace di Cristo risorto.
50:42He spoke in three languages.
50:44He spoke in Latin, because that's the form.
50:47He spoke in Italian, because he's the Bishop of Rome.
50:50And he spoke in Spanish.
50:52And I'm told he spoke in a very distinctive Peruvian Spanish.
51:05So he cannot simply say,
51:08here is a man from North America.
51:11He deliberately, I believe, didn't speak in English.
51:28It was a beautiful, beautiful speech that he gave.
51:34And part of me said, well, God, thank you for making me a part of this great event.
51:44But what hit me the most was to see the people in the piazza up to the Via della Consigliazione.
51:54And for me, I said, I've studied, you know, books and books and articles and history of the papacy.
52:03But here, you see the testimony of the people.
52:09What is the role for them of the Bishop of Rome, of the successor of Peter?
52:34Pope Leo XIV begins his first full week as pontiff, meeting journalists, diplomats and top Vatican officials.
52:44I think what we were looking for were the kind of gifts that the church needs to be fruitful.
52:52And Cardinal Prevost had a remarkable range of gifts and experience.
53:04You know, he is a person who is very humble, you know, unassuming.
53:12He is not one person who would make his importance felt, who would remind others of his weight and his
53:22importance.
53:23No, he is a regular human being.
53:26No.
53:28Thank you for this wonderful reception.
53:33They say when they clap at the beginning, it doesn't matter much.
53:37If you're still awake at the end and you still want to applaud, thank you very much.
53:45One thing that I also appreciate is he listens and then he weighs things.
53:53He studies an issue, a question before making a decision.
54:01So in that sense, he's a person of balanced study and discernment before going to a decision.
54:15My first impression of him was a man of enormous stillness, quietness, repose.
54:25He had the surprising gentleness and you just had that sense of a man who was able to share his
54:33life and to receive life from other people.
54:44Well, Pope Leo XIV has formally taken up his role as leader of the Catholic Church with an inaugural mass
54:52in St. Peter's Square.
54:55Now, according to the tradition and the rule, during the mass of the inauguration of the papal ministry, the Holy
55:06Father is given a ring.
55:08This is a sign of their commitment, just like a wedding, a marriage, of the pastor to the church, which
55:22is the body of Christ.
55:25L'anello, sono stato io a sceglierlo e a progettarlo.
55:30Abbiamo dato una forma che è un po' la forma di croce, un po' simile proprio all'anello che porto
55:35io.
55:36E quelle immagini che ho voluto richiamare che è la tradizione appunto di un pietro a mezzo busto con le
55:42chiavi e la rete della pesca.
55:46The ring of the Pope, they call it the Fisherman's Ring, no?
55:52And this ring is to be given to the new Pope by a cardinal bishop.
55:59And I was told, you give the ring, no?
56:03At first I said, why me? Why me?
56:15Peter was entrusted by Jesus, you know, in the Sea of Galilee, you know, with this ministry.
56:23Now you, Holy Father, you now succeed to Peter.
56:29Now, I was, you know, trying to even control my emotions because just saying that, addressing the Holy Father,
56:42you know, I said, again, who am I, you know?
56:45And then saying that in the name of not just the cardinals, but of the church.
56:57And reminding him of his mission.
57:07It was moving for me, but I felt really moved when I saw his reaction.
57:14Because he looked at the ring and probably said, this is it.
57:20No, this ring really seals, you know, seals my ministry.
57:34In the process of the conclave, everybody was very aware that the prize for winning this election is the cross.
57:47Because the person's life changes from top to bottom.
57:52So he'll never be able to slip out for a pizza.
57:57He'll never be able to go home again.
57:59It is a total gift of self.
58:02And therefore, it's a burden.
58:08And I think that's why it's so important to see it as a discernment of God's will.
58:15And not as an aspect of human ambition.
58:20I think that's why it is so important to see it as an action.
58:50You
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