Speaker Emerita Pelosi Discusses Vatican Conclave To Select Next Pope

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At a press briefing, Speaker Emerita Pelosi discussed the selection of a new Pope.

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00:00Commissionership. Question?

00:14Oh, let me just say that

00:16the planning for the

00:18trip to Rome

00:20for His Holiness'

00:22funeral is something that will be

00:24put forth by

00:26the leadership in Washington

00:28from a security standpoint and the rest

00:30of that. We're not really allowed to talk

00:32about that, but

00:34the

00:36there's a plan.

00:38Of course, as a devout Catholic

00:40I've been taught

00:42and I believe and my family

00:44believes that I grew up in

00:46that the Holy Ghost has an

00:48impact on the decision making

00:50of the Cardinals.

00:52There are 136

00:54Cardinals.

00:56108 of them

00:58were named by

01:00Francis. So hopefully

01:02there will be people who

01:04respect the values that

01:06Francis has proposed.

01:08But

01:10Francis was

01:12chosen by Cardinals who

01:14were selected by Benedict

01:16and John Paul. So you

01:18just don't know how it will

01:20turn out. But we'll be

01:22prayerful that the inspiration of

01:24the Holy Spirit will dominate

01:26the decision making

01:28and that will happen

01:30sometime after the burial

01:32then they'll go into that.

01:34So anyone who's seen

01:36Conclave or Two Popes or any of that

01:38we feel like we're experts in all of it now.

01:42But

01:44obviously it's something

01:46we'll all be studying because

01:48I had the privilege

01:50of meeting with this Holy

01:52on a number of occasions including

01:54the first day when he was

01:56inaugurated.

01:58That's what I think they call it.

02:00Inaugurated Pope

02:02around the feast of St. Joseph.

02:04And

02:06as you know he has

02:08the Holy Family is very important

02:10to him and that's why he wants to be

02:12buried in the church of St.

02:14Mary Maggiore, Maria Maggiore

02:16in Rome.

02:18And he went there before

02:20every trip. He went there for

02:22the blessing. After every trip

02:24he went there again.

02:26So that's what his plans

02:28are, what he wrote out that he wants

02:30to do. So it's a

02:32beautiful story.

02:34I'll just close by saying

02:36every time I saw him

02:38whether it was in a meeting just

02:40in his office or whatever

02:42he would always say pray for me.

02:44Pray for me.

02:46He had such humility.

02:48And he knew being Pope was a big

02:50major thing. Pray for me.

02:52And I'm like you pray for us.

02:54You got a channel there.

02:56Pray for me.

02:58But now that this saintly man

03:00has gone to heaven we pray

03:02we pray to him.

03:04One last thing is

03:06when I went to see him I had

03:08the privilege of this was

03:10you know I've seen him with my grandchildren.

03:12I've seen him with this. I've seen him in

03:14Capitol. You know different place.

03:16But when I had the actual meeting

03:18as a speaker of the house to go there

03:20and this or that it was

03:22something very serious

03:24and they told me as I was going in

03:26and now you will be obeying rules

03:28that are 400 years old.

03:30So you have to do exactly as we say

03:34as you go to see his holiness.

03:36And so you will go to the door.

03:38He will open the door.

03:40And you will then proceed.

03:42So I go to the door.

03:44He opens the door.

03:46And I birthed into tears

03:48all down my face just seeing him.

03:50Just seeing him.

03:52It was just so overwhelming.

03:54His reaction.

03:56I would burst into tears.

03:58He burst into laughter.

04:00He just laughed.

04:02He said why are you crying?

04:04I said why are you laughing?

04:06They're laughing at me crying.

04:08But it was quite this person

04:10this quite overwhelming

04:12just to be in his presence.

04:14So may he rest in peace.

04:16Thank you all so much.

04:20And thank you to our guests.

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