from rome. amy? yeah, megyn, we are getting some details about the man. some nice little details about the man, and some of these moments, apparently, megyn, he didn t need the mini bar. there was a festive dinner last night after he was elected pope and the the official papal car was waiting for him after the election, but he refused it. he said that he wanted to take the mini bus back to the casa where they were all staying and ride with his fellow cardinals and said to them at this festive dinner according to the vatican, i hope the lord will forgive you for what you have done. now, he is giving mass right now, his first mass, for those cardinal electors and we re getting a chance to hear his voice and enjoy the ceremony of this period and take a look at the michelangelo frescos in the sistene chapel. he prayed at several points of
the white smoke began to rise from the sistene chapel because about three, maybe four minutes ago and by the thousands people in st. peter s square as the bells rang overhead began to scream in celebration. it is a cold and rainy night. it has rained all day long and thousands upon thousands have filled the streets waiting for the news that we have a pope, and it has now come. they have not announced who the pope is or from whence co cometh will be the pope. we know that the cardinals gathered for the conclave yesterday. on their fifth ballot of the two days were able to reach 77 votes for one of the 115 who walked in here as a cardinal and will come to the balcony at some point in this evening as the new pope, the new bishop of rome, the leader of 1.2 billion catholics around the world.
chances are, you re not made of money, so don t overpay for motorcycle insurance. geico, see how much you could save. shepard: there is the new pope in rome which means that the now famous sistene chapel chimney goes back in storage. the famous artwork did not suffer any damage. of course, the sistene chapel is home to priceless frescoes most notably on the ceiling and behind the altar. michael angelo painted most of them back in the early 1500s and keeping it all clean and safe is very difficult. 500 million visitors each year. a lot of dust and dirt and
be a cardinal to elect a pope. so if we hear about you, father jonathan getting the nod we look forward to having you back on. if that happens i m taking the first taxi to the airport and i m out of here. megyn: that would be a way to start your term. thanks. megyn: and if we see the white smoke appear and hear the bells of st. peter s ring. they do both. it should look white, they put in chemicals to make it look white. listen for the bells. and this is what will happen when that occurs inside the vatican and the new pope will go into the so-called room of tears, a few feet away from the sistene chapel and the new pope will put on his papal vestments for the first time. called the room of tear because the new pope overjoyed by the burden of his new office will be in that place.
father roger landry, you can feel the happiness and exuberance of the folks live in rome as they now know as the world does we have a new pope inside the vatican. we are told, folks, this is what has happened. once the cardinal has been elected, the master of the church ceremonies enters the sistene chapel and the senior cardinal will ask of the newly elected pope, do you accept your election as supreme pontiff? assuming the cardinal says i accept. the senior cardinal asks by what name do you wish to be called? and that name will be entered on a formal document. it s at that point the white smoke pours out of the sistene chapel chimney and so we believe that s happened and the cardinal elected has accepted the position. the new pope we believe at this moment is changing into