Catholics around the world. He started it with meeting with meeti meeting Pope Benedict the 16 td. Lauren green is live with more for us. This is the most exciting day. We made the comment it is sunny this morning. Yesterday we were waiting for the white smoke it was raining and pouring and frenching. Pope francis made an appearance. Theres a lot of ex ub brakes because of that. Let me bring in father melcher. Before we knew anything about the conclave now we have pope francis. Hes a series of first a first from the Southern Hemisphere the first from america the first jesuwit he is the first pope francis. Because there are so many unprecedented situations i was shocked. I looked around i said who is this guy . Whaerd the word in latin. There are only two georges, george pell and hojorge. He appeared on the balcony all of us rushed to look at him and to welcome him cheering and the crowds were going wild. The parps were saying talking about the odds makers they had their favorites and l
Soon emerge from the balcony of st. Peters basilica. The new pope said good evening, in his parents native italian joking his 114 cardinals went to the ends of the earth to find him. How often does that a new pope get elected . The italians have a saying. We say once in a blue moon, in italy, they say once in the election of a new pope. For the first time in 600 dc years, the former pope will be living. Benedict xvith, when he asked the faithful to pray for him, before bidding them good night on his first night as the holly father. Pope francis waking us having to do from mondane to the urge end. Joe bidden will come to town, be fitted for his fishermans ring and probably call some friends in argentina to send him his clean socks because hes not going home any time soon ktvu channel 2 news. We have more details now. He was born in buenos aires. His chosen name is a first. St. Francis swim bow liesed symbolized poverty. He says i look part to working for his holiness and security and di
And italy has reached out to india to try to find common ground. Show you some candid moments now from around the world. A wall of snow. That is some snow. 68,000 people dont have power because of that snow. Yeah. As much as 20 inches fell in northern france. Thats the most snow had in 25 years. Wow. And then outside the vatican three men carried a cross through st. Peters square as thousands gathered in the rain to see if the new pope will be elected today. And as one man holds a cross, the crowd and world wait for white smoke to come out of that chimney to signal a new pope. Weve still got the seagull. Its still tweeting. And 1,000 followers now. It happened within minutes. Huge following. The last tweet i can see him voting from up here by the way. That will do it for me. Ive got to go now. Sue e thanks for watch iin inin thanks so much for staying with us. Cnn newsroom starts now. Might today be the day cardinals at work electing a new pope . Theyre inside the Sistine Chapel right
Thats it for us. Thanks for watching. Early start begins now. See you tonight. The first full day of pope francis. Were already talking about it. The start of a new era for catholics around the world. Standoff with a suspected killer. Right now, police think they have the gunman what killed four people surrounded in new york. A skydiver lives to tell about his terrifying plunge, after his parachute failed. That has to be one of the scariest moments ever. I cant imagine. Good morning to you. Welcome to early start. Great to see you this morning. It is thursday, march 14th. Its 5 00 a. M. In the east. Were going to start with pope francis. You know this, is the first morning that anyone has ever said those words. This is the first full day on the job for the first latin american pontiff. He was scheduled to meet with a man he was to replace, pope emeritus benedict. Thats not likely to happen today. He will hold a private mass with the cardinals that elected him at noon eastern at the Sis
Less than two weeks way. We are having technical difficults with that package. We will get that for you. We should mention it is three special things here. One he is a jesuit, non european here which is a first for a pope of someone to come from argentina. He will celebrate his first mass in the Sistine Chapel on thursday. He will be installed as pope on tuesday. We will bring you more as soon as we could get that resolved. Thank you. We have more details about pope francis i. He was born in buenos aires in 1936. The son of italian immigrants. A man symbolized poverty. He speaks spanish, atalgen and German Italian and german and only has one lung,. What is the reaction to the pope . Ktvus Ken Pritchett is here with that story, including why the archbishop of San Francisco thinks the name the pope picked is significant here. Ken . We apologize for the difficulties. Mike mibach said the conclave was quick. Conclaves used to drag on for weeks and months. The longest was from november to s