Pilgrims and tourists descended on the vatican, filling the square to capacity and packing into nearby streets to witness the historic moment. translated i cannot explain it. This is tremendous. This is the first time i am in rome and to have an argentinan pope, its tremendous. translated we are very happy as argentinians, i think he is a very well prepared person and we need to pray for the holy spirit and jesus christ to give him the strength to lead the Catholic Church. Ifill Italian Military bands and the swiss guard also marched through the square. But the new popes identity wasnt officially revealed until more than an hour later, when he finally emerged from the velvet curtained balcony of st. Peters basilica. The chosen one Cardinal Jorge bergoglio of argentina the first pontiff from the first pontiff from the americas and the first noneuropean in more than a millennium. The 76yearold chose the name pope francis the first. He delivered his first public address to the cheering cr
The worlds second oldest woman, steven tie cler welcome to cbs this morning. Gayle king is off. Pope benedict is resigning in just a few hours. Hes stepping down with promises to obey his successor. The pope met once last time with the college of cardinals one of those men will be the next leader of 1. 2 billion Roman Catholics. Allen pizzey is in vatican city to begin our coverage of the Pope Benedicts farewell. Good morning. Reporter good morning. By the time evening begins to fall over rome benedict will be looking down at the vatican from a helicopter. Three hours later he will no longer be pope and the politicking to find the new one can begin in earnest. In one of his final acts inside the vatican, Pope Benedict said goodbye to the cardinals. 67 of whole he had elevated to their position as the prince of the church. Addressing what he called the future pope among you, benedict programs ed promised his unconditional reverence and obedience, among those making the list although a l
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