archbishop of quebec. he is now based here in the vatican. he is the head of the congregation of bishops. and along with cardinal dolan from new york and cardinal o malley of boston, there s also a third american who s getting some attention and that is donald whorl, who s the archbishop of washington, d.c.. and cardinal scola out of milan, he is italian, but not part of the curia. is that why he would be someone, a contender more considered, because he s outside of the curia, but inside italy? well, he is. and you know, basically, the college of cardinals has broken into two camps from what we understand. the old guard, if you will, those who want to keep things the way they are, those would be the members of the curia, and the reformers. and most of the american cardinals fall into that reformer group. but, you know, at this point, thomas, it s anybody s guess,
the conclave. we have more on the search for a new pope. reporter: hi, shannon. it was quite poignant for the faithful on st. peter s square to be without a pope. this is the first sunday of the vacancy. many of them were sort of glancing, longingly up at the pope s window in the epistolic palace, from which he usually reads on sunday. it s sealed off. some say they are praying for the unnamed new pope. in the meantime, the bookies and the aficionados are pointing to march 11 as the most proabl probable date for a conclave. but the card cardinals themselves have not set the dealt date. we did speak to one u.s. cardinal, who could possibly become the next pope, cardinal donald whorl of washington. i spoke with him a short while ago. he tells me that it would be a
fantasy for him to become pope. it is probability not going to happen. but diask him broadly if they would be ready to select an american. but that does go against the conventional wisdom. the pope has to be a voice for spiritual values, for moral values and has to challenge regularly leaders of governments. i think there may be a sense that it s better done by someone who would not be immediately perceived as a part of a specific political approach. reporter: shannon, the cardinal says that this congregation of cardinals is more about setting church agend agenda, talking about what needs to be dealt with and the important area phos focus on. and the conclave is more
morning. still more snow there. they will be the last area to begin to see some improvement out of the system before continuing to move on northward. thank you very much in the fox 2 weather center. we will bring you the latest on the situation. heading right now back to fox news sunday and for all of your latest headlines log on to foxnews.com. i am chris wallace. welcome to a special holiday edition of fox news sunday. with the lame-duck session in the rearview mirror time to look at what s next. run away government spending, the country s growing debt and a possible push for tax reform. we will discuss america s balance sheet with the senate s leading fiscal republican senator tom cohert. we will talk about religion and politics with cardinal donald