condemns homosexual acts. in his interview, the pontiff says he was asked if he approved of homocircumstantialty. he said, tell me, when god looks at a gay person, does he endorse the existence of this person with love or reject and condemn this person? and that seems to be the conciliatory tone pope francis is trying to set for the church he leads. not so much breaking with doctrine as shifting the church s emphasis. in the words of one vatican commentator, from condemnation to mercy. wolf, this is a pope that is determined to try and keep roman catholicism relevant in the 21st century. you re saying the church may not approval of homosexuality, but if you re gay, you can still be a catholic. the church may not be willing to make women priests but if you re a woman, you re still going to have a prominent place in the religion, in the organization, wolf. important new comments from
that age to handle the day to day and far reaching plans of the church. i appreciated the word father smith used, retiring. when you can t do the job, hand it over. retiring is something we have never thought of but his retirement years, vatican says he will be moved in the vatican owned villa, a monastery where crews are working on renovations. a handful of people at the vatican knew it was going to be the pope s new home. and then most likely the bishop of rome emeritus, retired bishop of rome. it s not clear whether he will go back to benedict or go back to joseph. another bolt from the blue, lightning struck the dome of
. shep: 23 minutes past 9:00 and officials at the vatican face a task that we ve never seen, how to wind down pope benedict xvi office in 17 case they are treading new ground and they don t have all the answers. will they have to ri destroy the pope s ring like they do when a pope dies or will he be referred to his holiness. all that remains to be seen. amy kellogg joins us now, this is uncharted territory? it is. we have been talking about this conclave that is going to choose naught pope and how it s been made up by cardinals made up by this pope and predecessor. they reflect the same ideology as the last two popes. i thought it would be interesting what catholics felt
with the process after the death of pope john paul ii. white smoke coming 24 hours after the voting began signaling the start of pope benedict s eight years heading the church. today we went down where it all happened down in vatican city. as of february 28 the papal apartment will be vacant and as the rules dictate, they will have 15-20 days to bring all the cardinals around the world here, under the age of 80. they will lock themselves in the sistine chapel and begin the process. there will be secret ballots, after each ballot paper slips will be burned. white smoke will arise when they have news of great joy. we have a pope. that announcement will come right there from the balcony just as it did in this very spot eight years ago. shep: we don t know when it will happen but we ll get a better idea tomorrow.
north korea were fueled by reprocessed plutonium. this is sign their program is expanding. shep: james, thank you. one vatican official here in rome says this is a time for tranquility and reflection, a nod to the fact that nobody knows exactly holds for the church. vatican s next step and how soon we will see the famous white smoke as we continue live from rome, steps from the eternal city.