Sean omalley took the time to sit alone in prayer. One by one, the cardinals walked down the aisle before taking individual oaths to obey the rules of the conclave, which demand the utmost secrecy. If they ever break their silence, they risk excommunication. Cardinal dolan, now thought to be a considerable contender, gave a final radio dispatch from rome before heading into conclave himself. Its a unique, special morning. I never thought id be doing what im about to do. Reporter the last words well hear from him for a while. Extra omenes. Reporter everyone out, and with that, the doors closed, the work of choosing a pope would truly begin. Theres a sanctity in the air that theyre trying to see who does it belong to, among these 115 cardinals . Who is the person who is holy . And thats the toughest judgement of all. And when the world sees white smoke, inside the Sistine Chapel the dean of cardinals will ask the newly elected pope if he accepts the result. And if he does, he is from tha
Countdown to the countdown. Ovhen r cheryl take a look at the dow taking off. New record highs again today. We are on track for the eighth Straight Record close. The s p 500 right now. As it moves closer to its record closing high, we are about five points away. That new record level. We are watching for 1565. Will it happen in the last hour of trading today . And driving this sector, the energy names. A little more on that later in the show. The financials, not only the secondbest performer for the week, but also the top performer for the month. There is your spider right there. And it looks like no stress for the stress tests. The big banks are moving higher. The second round. We will have more on that coming up in just a moment. First, lets get right to our floor show. The new york stock exchange, the cme group, and, of course, the nymex. Jonathan, our good friend, standing by. Im curious, as we watch this is so close to this new level, the financials. What do you see . Absolutely.
Hour to announce just to has been named pope and what we will do throughout this hour, keep up this shot to route on our screen, what we call the big little. The big screen might have guessed that we are speaking with. A whole bunch of red business guests. We will keep this shot up. Tracy and ashley. Over 1 billion catholics. Many others in the world might not be catholic just dying to hear who this brand new pope will be. Riright now he is being fitted y the people taylor and his new papal garments. The issues, of course, doesnt product issues . Prod amex issues. And that is a publicly traded company on the italian exchange. As we look at all of this, the big question will be that the cardinal will be asked, do you accept the election as supreme pontiff. Once again says consented the new pope is asked, by what name do you wish to be called. Just remember, 80 percent of all popes have come from italy, but there are a whole bunch of forces in this race. Many believe are not from italy.
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Ready to head to the Sistine Chapel to choose the next pope. And as the storm clouds gather cardinals set to go into seclusion after celebrating mass at st. Peter erpeters basilica. Mark, good morning to you. Good morning, norah. There are elections and there are papal elections. Unlike last time going into this conclave there is no clear frontrunner and the potential Voting Alliance crossed geographic and theological divides. Truly this time anything could happen. It was like a team pep rally before the big game. The american cardinals leaving the college where they have been staying to the applause of the priests and seminarians there. Among the cardinals, a few find themselves in unfamiliar surroundings for an american being discussed as possible choices for pope. Bostons sean omalley quiet pastoral manner and experience in latin america has him on lists and timothy dolan, whose enthusiasm won friends. Cardinals arent supposed to Campaign Like politicians, but some might see a resem