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In the second part of his article, Joseph Busuttil recounts his experience as the first Maltese hospitalero voluntario (voluntary helper) in the tiny village of

This is part one in a two-part series of articles. A first-hand experience of the first Maltese hospitalero voluntario (voluntary helper) in the tiny village o

Conclave, each cardinal gets three to five minutes was extremely powerful, and it med people. >> to become pope, a candidate needs 2/3 majority plus one vote. but bergoglio only gets 25 votes, second place in the first ballot. just two hours after cardinals went into seclusion, crowds eye the black smoke with disappointment. elisabetta piquet heads home where she gets some inside information. her husband, a fellow journalist interviewed many cardinals right before the conclave. analyzing what he...

Slowly on the clocks atop st. peters, things inside are moving faster. bergoglio keeps getting more votes in each round while conclave favorites fall before the way cy. on march 13th, 2013, the people beneath the sea of umbrellas get what theyve been waiting for. >> oh, i can see smoke. >> let me interrupt you. we see smoke. we hear cheers. it looks white. >> it looks white. the thousands of people here in st. peters square, a wave of umbrellas. and this is what they were waiting for. >> this wa...

Pope-like. elisabetta piquet disagrees. thats what this pope is like, a man who pays his debts, doesnt forget where he came from, and on that all important day remembers his reporter friend. >> i was assaulted by all the italian media wherever -- my telephone wouldnt stop ringing. the craziest night of my life. >> thursday morning, exhausted, she takes one last call. >> i was going almost not to answer. but thanks god i replied. and it was him. hello, elisabetta. whats so -- so amazing, he would...