Vatican and buenos aires, with a special edition of gma. And good morning, america. Robin off today. Great to have Elizabeth Vargas and john muller here on this historic day. It is great to be here on such a big morning. It certainly is. Right to rome right now where pope francis began his first morning as head of the Catholic Church by visiting romes largest cathedral. Something of a humble start. Went through a Side Entrance before an icon of the virgin mary. See him right there, spent about 30 minutes in contemplation and went outside and see people kissing his ring. Hes not really used to it this first day. Almost seems if he wants to shake their hands, but, of course, he is going to get used to this. He is the leader of 1. 2 billion catholics right now. A man famous for being out amongst the people washing their feet so this must be a change. You may remember that last night he told those crowds packed in st. Peters square just after his announcement that he intended to pray to th
From the plumes of white smoke to the deafening cheers in st. Peters square, a new pope elected. Brothers and sisters, good Cardinal Jorge bigolgio. He will be known at pope francis, the first jesuit in pontif history. It is thursday at the vatican as we take a live look there. The new pope will meet with his predecessor, pope emeritus, popepossiblyct, possibly within hours. Good evening and thank you for joining us. Im ama date. Carolyn is off. I am dan ashley. This choice is cause of celebration for many catholics and some continue verse because of his and some controversy. Leslie brinkley is live in san jose where catholics attended a joyous service in honor of pope francis this evening. Reporter it is quiet right now, it is symbolic of a changing catholic church. The bells were ringing and people were singing here at the San Jose Church to celebrate the first latin american pope. It is something they have waited 20 centuries for. I think that this particular pope would have deeper
Making their way despite the terrible rain trying to be first to watch and see what happens. To explain, the cardinals will make their way across the back of the vatican to the Sistine Chapel. You can just see the Sistine Chapel poking out of the back of the basilica and then we expect in the next hour if its anything like this morning thousands of people to fill the square. There are big screens up so they can see the chimneys clearly but as you say, this morning, here in the square people werent sure whether it was black or white smoke. People began to realize, no, we havent chosen a pope yet. Well see what happens later today. Thank you. Earlier this morning i spoke to vatican Senior Communications adviser greg burke, and we began by talking about the issue of the day, the black smoke which weve now seen twice and why there was so much confusion because it was a great deal darker last night. There were lots of tweets last night saying very, very black smoke, you know, no doubt about
Probably will take a little time getting to know him. He is innately shy. They will be impressed by his deep, spiritual approach to all things and his deep tenderness in dealing with human beings. His quiet kindliness hes authentic in all things that he does. Getting background on the new pope, he is the very first in history to choose the name francis. And many people assume he chose his name after st. Francis of ass assisi. But it could have also been for st. Francis xavier, the founder of the jesuits. Pope francis is the first jesuit pope and the first noneuropean pontiff in more than a million. A special mass being held in honor of the new pope. The San Francisco archbishop leading mass at st. Marys cathedral on the assumption at gough street this afternoon. Well have continuing coverage of the installation of pope francis. You can watch and read all about it and other celebrations both right here on nbc bay area and all around the world by logging onto our website, nbcbayarea. Com
From the plumes of white smoke to the deafening cheers in st. Peters square, a new pope elected. Brothers and sisters, good Cardinal Jorge bigolgio. He will be known at pope francis, the first jesuit in pontif history. It is thursday at the vatican as we take a live look there. The new pope will meet with his predecessor, pope emeritus, pope benedict, possibly within hours. Good evening and thank you for joining us. Im ama date. Carolyn is off. I am dan ashley. This choice is cause of celebration for many catholics and some continue verse because of his and some controversy. Leslie brinkley is live in san jose where catholics attended a joyous service in honor of pope francis this evening. Reporter it is quiet right now, it is symbolic of a changing catholic church. The bells were ringing and people were singing here at the San Jose Church to celebrate the first latin american pope. It is something they have waited 20 centuries for. I think that this particular pope would have deeper s