>> reporter: are you confident he has the strength? some have speculated he is another pope being elected in advanced years, 76, are you concerned at all about that? >> not at all. he came out on the balcony of st. peter's looking very strong and vibrant and i trust that god chooses the right people at the right time and so god chose wisely for us and directed the cardinals in that way. >> reporter: monsignor, thank you very much for your time. >> great to be here. >> reporter: wolf, again, a lot of buzz around the basilica here and catholic university and we'll be spending the next couple hours seeing about students coming around here, people who attend the church seeing their reaction as well. >> we'd love to get their reaction and look forward to more reports from you, the catholic university of america by the way. later i'll be speaking with the former president of the catholic university. he'll be joining us. the white house has just released a statement from the president of the united states. the president's statement on the selection his holiness pope