deceased. as word got out, the crowd grew larger. people literally running to the square, romans and visitors, even people making airline connections, racing to the square. more than 150,000 in all, officials say. all eyes on that small balcony, waiting, watching, wondering who would emerge, a favorite cardinal scola of milan, perhaps. an american, cardinal o malley of boston. a canadian pope, the first african-american? who would it be? the first answers by the cardinal taking the first step and uttering the traditional words. urbi et orbi. habemus papam. we announce to you a great squi joy, habemus papam, we have a pope. came out of nowhere, a surprise to many, cardinal of buenos aires, a nontraditional cardinal who lived humbly, cooking his own meals, taking public transit, would he would speak to people face-to-face. the humility extending to his first remarks.
the five rounds of voting, a decision. and as the white smoke rose, the crowd in st. peter s square erupted. the joy. this time, not tempered by mourning as it was eight years ago, because for the first time in 598 years, the previous pope is alive and well, retired, not deceased. as word got out, the crowd grew larger. people literally running to the square, romans and visitors, even people making airline connections, racing to the square. more than 150,000 in all, officials say. all eyes on that small balcony, waiting, watching, wondering who would emerge, a favorite cardinal scola of milan, an american, o malley, of boston, the first canadian pope, the first african-american. who would it be? the first answers by the cardinal taking the first step and uttering the traditional words. urbi et orbi. habemus papam. we announce to you a great
the traditional papal blessing, urbi et orbi, and then he said a simple good night. and slipped back into his new home, his new and very different life. spectacular day. vice president joe biden is set to lead the u.s. delegation to pope francis inauguration mass which will be held tuesday morning. abc s cokie roberts, a long time vatican observer, has been reporting from rome all week. she sat down with nightline s terry moran to talk about what we can expect from the new pope. so as a world waits to find out more about newt pope, the white house said vice president biden is going to lead the u.s. delegation to pope francis inauguration mass next tuesday morning.
ready for the pope, what is known as his urbi et orbi address, address to the city and the world. this is the papal tapestry, chris, because now there is once again a pope of the catholic church. right. for those of you trying to figure out what this means before he comes out, he believe he finished second in the conclave, he s a simple man, lives in a small apartment, makes his own meal. he eschewed any of the grandeur, the trappings he renounced his limousine that the arch bush of buenos aires had and took the bus to work every day so the people knew that if they wanted a few minutes with their archbishop, they could hop on the bus with him and have an informal rolling audience. he was born september 17th, 1936 in buenos aires.