years. is this a more important pope and a more important choice than in previous years? i think that, obviously, every election for a new pope is very important, and i think this one is very important as well. yeah. reporter: thank you very much. have a great time. thank you so much. reporter: and i hope you see some smoke soon. we re all watching that chimney up there. chris, we ll hand it back to you for now. all right. thank you, miguel. let me bring in john allen, cnn senior vatican analyst and father beck, cnn contributor, passionist priest. okay, a brilliant line i read this morning, that although it is wednesday, this is the first full day of wednesday of voting and it s like super tuesday, the clearing house. what s brewing in mind as you collect that insight? to you, it s the american political metaphor. yesterday was the new hampshire primary, the first test for the candidates after looking around and speculation and armchair handicapping and so on. last night, t
something new about the abuse scandals that we ve heard about? because they may roll out in other continents. oh, absolutely. i think there is an enormous concern among the cardinals that the next pope has to profile as a reformer on the abuse crisis for exactly the reason you mentioned. nobody wants to see the same cancer that has grown up in the united states and grown up in many parts of europe erupt in other parts of the world, too. they want to try to get ahead of the curve. by the way, chris, we talked about the shortest time. i want to say the longest, almost three years, 1268. so, we could actually be here a long time if we match that record. that s the one that started all the conclave restrictions in the first place? just south of rome, they gathered and they could not decide, and the townfolk locked them in, took the roof off the palace, starved them until they had a pope. that s tough. that s tough justice right there. back to john in new york. john? all right,
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cardinal electors are voting right now. at 7:00 a.m. eastern we are expecting to see more smoke, black or white, marking the end of the morning voting session. and if necessary, the cardinals will return for afternoon voting that is beginning at 11:00 a.m. eastern. then at 12:30 this afternoon, all eyes will be back on the sistine chapel chimney awaiting yet another smoke signal from the cardinals. so let s get right to cnn s chris cuomo anchoring all of our live coverage from rome. good morning to you. hi, zoraida. yes, we re waiting for the pope to come here. the crowds are gathering. if you look at st. peter s square, obviously no action from the chimney, but you see more and more people are starting to come in there. tourists, sure, but this is a big tradition. you take a look you ll see flags from all different countries. we ve been hearing different languages there, different signs in different languages. so people are coming in as john allen just explained to me. even if it s
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