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thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. wow. the big news in the world today, obviously is the important story not just for the world s more than 1 billion catholics. it s a big story for everyone and everything influnszed by the catholic church. we learned the new pope will be the former cardinal jorge mario bergoglio. as of today, he is pope francis, francis i. this is different this time around not only because this is the first south american pope and the first jesuit pope, this is also different because of the very special circumstances that ended the reign of the last pope. the last pope is still around. pope benedict is now pope emeritus. because he ended in resignation not death, it has not happened in 600 years.
very exciting at the moment. the past moments, the future, all of these moments are very exciting. there s a ton of anticipation, enthusiasm. of course, this is not exactly the first time rome has elected a pope. but as you can imagine, there s a ton of excitement and a ton of talking. everybody in this town has an opinion. italians like to talk, as an italian-american we talk with our mouths, with our hands. there s a lot of talking going on saying what do you think, what do we need in a new pope, do we need a black pope, a white pope. but do we need a pope who is interested in this, that or the other. so there s a lot of excitement and of course, there s also a lot of waiting because there s not a lot we can do about it. absolutely right. let s turn to you, if i may, reverend. it is exciting because it could be a big surprise. we could have the first african pope, the first south american pope, possibly even the first american pope. so we could see history, but the catholic churc
you re down there in rome. pretty exciting at the moment? as you can imagine, there s a ton of excitement and a ton of talking. everybody in this town has an opinion. italians like to talk, as an italian american, we talk with our mouths and hands. there s a lot of talking going on, what do you think? do we need a black pope? a white pope? does the pope do we need a white pope? but do we need a pope that s interested in this, that, or the other? there s a lot of excitement and also a lot of waiting, because there s not a lot we can do about it. absolutely right. let s turn to you, reverend fits gibbons. it could be a big surprise. we could have the first african pope, the first south american pope. possibly even the first south american pope.