satellite radar imagery over the rome area. we have several impulses of rain and showers and possibly some thunderstorm activity as well. and that s going to last not only tuesday but into wednesday and thursday. clearing up friday and saturday with temperatures in the upper 50s, lows in the 40s, so, for the crowds who are going to rush to st. peters square tore witness the white spoke from the sistene chapel needs to be dressed appropriately as do you, my friend. back to you. shepard: 28 degrees friday night? is that serious? yeah. moving down to the cooler temperatures friday and saturday. how long are you going to be there for? shepard: well, until we get a pope. what s your bet? i m hoping tomorrow. i m hoping tomorrow. shepard: you know, there are worse places to be, my friend. it looks really great. shepard: see you back in new york. it is for whatever is happening back there. there are 15 of us here on top of scaffolding on top of a building. i think we are the hig
cardinal sean o mally of boston is gaining considerable traction with them. and he laughed off suggestions he could be the next pope saying he planned to wear the brown of his order for a lifetime. and here is what he had to say about the conclave. let us pray that the holy spirit to choose a new pope who will confirm us in our faith and meanwhile, we got a peek inside the sistene chapel this weekend, it s being transformed into a voting place for the cardinals. workmen have been running around michelangelo s famed painting, and this is rome s rapt suspense waiting for the conclave and this jeweler hoping he ll be lucky enough to make the pontiff s new coat
gave a similar explanation. as internal politics to say that the taliban and the united states are cooperating, but i think it s part of president karzai s game, he wants to look independent of the united states and independent of the taliban. secretary hagel s swing through afghanistan is nearly done and he s expected back in washington tomorrow afternoon, harris. harris: peter, thank you. we are in the final stretch, less than two days away now from the conclave to elect a new pope. cardinals celebrating mass across rome, some in private chapels and others in eternal cities and basilicas, many praying for spiritual guidance before they have to make their final decision, the conclave, set to begin on tuesday. they ll file into the sistene chapel that afternoon for their secret anonymous balloting and they ll vote until someone receives a two-thirds majority or 77 votes to become the next pope. earlier today in st. peters square it was relatively quiet the second sunday in a row
christian community. this is not just a story of a group, a special group of people who come to rome with a specific purpose to elect a pope, but in a sense, the cardinals that are here the entire church is gathered with them. reporter: the vatican now also released some details about how the conclave will proceed. the cardinal electors will begin their day on tuesday at 7 a.m. moving into the santa marta, the sequestered quarters on vatican ground and 10 a.m. celebrate the vote of mass in st. peters basilica, a mass for the election of the pope. then in the afternoon they will assemble in the chapel for a grand procession into the sistene chapel and the cardinals should be looking for a very special kind of leader. the church actually needs two men or two characteristics in one man. an old type who is decisive, competent, listens to advice,
today. the college of cardinals start tuesday the conclave to elect the next pope. that afternoon 115 cardinal electors will walk inside sistene chapel and remain secluded until a new pope is elected. father jonathan morris is a catholic priest and fox news be contributor. hi, father john. hey, alisyn, good to be with you. alisyn: if the conclave starts on tuesday, when did you and other vatican watchers think we will have a new pope? well, if we think about the last conclave, which is a very short conclave, it was just four ballots, two ballots in the morning and two in the afternoon so it was pretty quick. pretty quick. remember, when start in the afternoon on the first day so in the the last conclave, 2005, the election of ratzinger, there were two ballots in the morning and two in the afternoon and he was