Conclave Selects New Pope, White Smoke Pours From Sistine Chapel Chimney

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On Thursday afternoon, the Papal Conclave announced that a new Pope had been selected after releasing white smoke from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel.

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00:30We have smoke in St. Peter's Square now, so we will come back and it looks to be white.

00:41We have a smoke. This is good. This is incredible news here coming up here on 6.08 p.m. here

00:52in Rome at the Vatican and we have white smoke streaming out. And we hear the crowds.

01:02As you can see, now we got the camera work on there. This is amazing. Here we are.

01:09And celebrating this special moment. There was a brief moment where we were a little unsure, but it is confirmed it was white smoke.

01:19We have white smoke here. A smoke warning. A smoke warning. You are no longer watching.

01:24Oh my goodness. I was freaking out. We are back. We are back. I am so out of rats from racing up here. I can't believe it.

01:36I am actually surprised as well because given the complexity of the reality we were talking about.

01:42Exactly. And the many issues and the diversity. But here we are. And look at our drone footage there.

01:48We are just cruising over the roof of Sistine Chapel. We see the crowds.

01:52The bells are ringing. The bells are ringing. The bells are ringing. It is 100% white smoke.

01:57The white smoke. And I mean, as we were talking about before, the crowds are, I mean, it's the squares packed.

02:02It's incredible. And that's probably small compared to what's going on now.

02:06Exactly. And that's what just scared away our seagulls there. The family there that was just relaxing on Sistine Chapel roof there.

02:13But actually, as you mentioned at the beginning, TJ, it seemed like they did know they came back just for the white smoke.

02:18Indeed. Indeed. In fact, they were giving us a kind of a secret bit of information that they knew that we didn't know.

02:25Here we are. And then that spectacular, sunny, brilliant evening here.

02:30And you can even see from the perspective of the crowds there in St. Peter's Square, the white smoke billowing from the chimney,

02:38even as the sun starts going down behind the dome of St. Peter's there.

02:43And this smoke will last at least about six minutes, six and a half minutes.

02:49And with the light breeze there in the square, we can see it billowing down towards the square.

02:56And we've got now basically about, oh, it's going to be 45 minutes to at least an hour at least,

03:02before the new pope, just elected, appears to greet everyone.

03:09And so there's huge anticipation, naturally, of who will be the new successor of St. Peter V.

03:19I mean, as we were talking about before, you see the crowds filling the squares, but also the different people will come.

03:25I mean, you can see the flags waving, people smiling. It's a big sign of, you know, the universality of the church,

03:31but then also just how supportive people are in the sense of being here for this moment.

03:36And now we're going to have an invasion of Romans. They're going to be coming in.

03:41Oh, yes.

03:42No, it's only natural and normal when we live here. So those who can...

03:47And he's their bishop, too.

03:48What's that?

03:49He's their bishop, too.

03:50Of course, he's their bishop.

03:51And so they're going to be streaming into the square now. It's going to be filling up...

03:56It will make for some interesting traffic from my house because if the recollection is correct,

04:02when they couldn't get any further, they just left their cars in the road.

04:06So there you are.

04:08They were just there.

04:10In the road.

04:11In the road.

04:12Yeah.

04:13There's no odds to die.

04:14That's true.

04:15That's true.

04:16Look at that billowing, thick white smoke there.

04:19All the different flags.

04:20I love the people ready with their flags just in here.

04:23Yes.

04:24Yes.

04:25My daughter said that the election of Benedict Cousins, her closest friend,

04:30went to school right on the corner here.

04:32And her closest friend was German.

04:35And they went running out into the square and outcast Joseph Adams,

04:39and she said her friend had this teen-timer girl in her teenage growth course.

04:43She pulled out of this course.

04:45This enormous line was suddenly moving.

04:48Oh, my goodness.

04:49Apparently a lot of people come to parents.

04:51Yeah.

04:52Because you just never know.

04:53I mean, when I was in the square earlier, people thought, oh, no, it might be a longer time.

04:57It could take, you know, days.

04:58Yes.

04:59You just don't know.

05:00You just don't know.

05:01You just don't know.

05:02In fact, I didn't know what to expect.

05:04But at the same time, it's a wonderful surprise here to see the white smoke building there.

05:10And so after just, oh, day and a half, basically.

05:14And here we are.

05:16It does make you feel like there's a wonderful sense of the noise stopped.

05:21The cameras went off, they went into the chapel, they prayed, and the Holy Spirit spoke.

05:26I mean, it just really gives us a great sense of confidence.

05:30And indeed, this hope that's being realized that we have a new shepherd, so to speak.

05:36Someone to take on the reins there and to accompany us on this journey of our life journey.

05:43And it will be fascinating to see.

05:46As I say, you see the central lodge of St. Peter's Basilica.

05:49You see that's where the new pope will be appearing as it traditionally does to be announced.

05:57That we have a pope, and then the big surprise will be as he proceeds towards the central lodge

06:08and we see who that cardinal is, now dressed in white.

06:14Well, and for many people, they might be thinking, okay, why is there this long wait?

06:18As you mentioned, Thaddeus, why is there this long wait in between when we see the white smoke

06:23and when the new pope comes out into the loggia?

06:26And it's because there's a process that's going on right now.

06:28There is a very long process, which will be the oath of allegiance of the cardinals, of which there are 132 now.

06:38And we saw how long it took for the oath to the conflict.

06:45So I'm imagining it will take about that right for the oath of allegiance.

06:51Well, and also, Liz, you had mentioned before, way before in our discussion, the Room of Tears,

06:58which has become very central right now.

07:00So right now the new pope would have gone, or is it after?

07:06I would think that the ballots are burned after.

07:10I think he's already, and I think that's one of the reasons why this is kind of a funny hour.

07:15Right.

07:16As it got to be past five, I was thinking, I guess now we have to wait until seven.

07:21But I think this must have been the time that he spent in that Room of Tears thinking about preparing himself for what is,

07:31look at that square, and that square is just, it's a microcosm of the millions, if not billions, who are watching,

07:39all of them fixed to see, some of them already Christians, Catholics, but other people who are really searching.

07:46And there is so much searching going on in the world.

07:49And I don't know how many of the people that I've been working with in the secular media,

07:54who talk, oh, I used to be Catholic, or I went to Catholic school, or I was an older boy, or I was this.

08:00But they somehow feel this moment as still their own.

08:04It's the funny thing about those sacraments, right, Father?

08:07It's like, ah, hard to get rid of those.

08:09And so he's also the father to those people, and to all the others who don't even know that they're orphaned yet.

08:17All the people we pray for and defiled us.

08:19Exactly.

08:20And there's also a real life need going on in the volunteers as well,

08:25because probably the tailors are very busy adjusting one of those cassocks

08:30to be able, for the new Pope to be able to wear out onto the old chair.

08:34Oh, and don't forget the barber.

08:35Yes.

08:36There's a barber back there, just in case he needs, like, a shave and a trim or something.

08:39Like, some of them show up scruffy for the conflate.

08:41They're not expecting it.

08:42So they're probably going to get a barber back there.

08:45Also sworn to secrecy.

08:47But these are incredible moments, aren't they, though?

08:49Wow.

08:50And what a surprise.

08:51We were sending out that report on looking at history, and here we are, the smoke billowing

08:56out, and here we are, waiting now to see who the new Pope will be.

09:03Well, and as you mentioned, T.J.

09:05Thaddeus, this is, we had just heard in that archive interview, I remember where I was when

09:13Rancali was elected, and now we will all remember where we were at that moment when this new

09:18Pope was elected.

09:19I mean, we would have been here seeing these flags from South Korea, from Spain, from everywhere,

09:25from Serbia, you know, from Croatia.

09:27I mean, it's amazing to see.

09:30I mean, that I actually saw Papa Rancali here in Rome as a general audience.

09:36Did you really?

09:37Yes.

09:38I came as a child and was brought to the audience, and there he was being carried in on the Seria

09:44di Sattoria, and he really was the smiling, good Pope John.

09:48I mean, he was just so warm and lovely.

09:52Sure.

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