Catholics await a conclave decision. We were here the last time they had a special mass to celebrate the end of benedicts papacy. Today the focus is on new beginnings as the conclave kicks off, bay area catholics told kpix 5 they already have an idea of what they want in a new pope. The majority of the catholics in the world are his spinks and latinos. I definitely are hispanics and latinos. I definitely think this time we should be given the opportunity for an american cardinal. Reporter most catholics surveyed say the church is out of touch with its members and are now looking for a leader who can modernize the church. 54 say they want a pope with more liberal teachings. 19 want to keep in line with benedicts traditional Catholic Values and 18 want the new pope to be conservative. And as frank mentioned, if you are interested in assisting at todays mass, it will begin at 8 a. M. At saint marys. Live in San Francisco, back to you. Thank you. Kpix 5 has continuing coverage of the chang
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Newsroom continues now with ashleigh banfield. Hi, everybody. Nice to have you with me. Im ashleigh banfield. They have met, they have talked, and they have prayed a lot. And tomorrow they are going to vote, or at least they are going to meet for the purpose of voting, which means tomorrow, theoretically, the 115cardinal electors of the Roman Catholic church could give the world a brand new pope. Could it be Peter Turkson of gha ghana . That would be the first african pope in more than 1,500 years. Or perhaps luis tagle of the philippines, a rising star in the church, but seen by some people as perhaps too young to be pope at just 55 years old. Maybe sean omalley of the United States, boston, to be exact. He is one of two supposedly credible candidates for the First American pope ever. New yorks Timothy Dolan is the other. In fact, the United States has 11 voting cardinals of those 115, which makes us the second biggest block of voters behind italy. And speaking of italy, the cardinals
[ theme music ] michael welcome to the young turks. We have a fantastic show for you. We turn our attention to the vatican where tomorrow they begin selecting the pope. If batman had a bat cave, obviously it makes sense that the Catholic Church that the cardinals have a con a cliff. 115 cardinal electors will move to the conclave house santa marta where they will be isolated from the rest of the world. Michael from the college of cardinals with go to college of overland are races on campus have everyone confused and angry. Overland college prides itself on being progressive and inclusive but on campus students openly ask how bad does this have to get hate messages targeting blacks, jews and gays in recent weeks. Michael then well look into a documentary about girl power all over the world and how girls are rising. Well look at girl power. If my husband heard these words he might kill me, or my father, my brother or any one of thousands of my countrymen kill me because i want to learn.