Pilgrims and tourists descended on the vatican, filling the square to capacity and packing into nearby streets to witness the historic moment. translated i cannot explain it. This is tremendous. This is the first time i am in rome and to have an argentinan pope, its tremendous. translated we are very happy as argentinians, i think he is a very well prepared person and we need to pray for the holy spirit and jesus christ to give him the strength to lead the Catholic Church. Ifill Italian Military bands and the swiss guard also marched through the square. But the new popes identity wasnt officially revealed until more than an hour later, when he finally emerged from the velvet curtained balcony of st. Peters basilica. The chosen one Cardinal Jorge bergoglio of argentina the first pontiff from the first pontiff from the americas and the first noneuropean in more than a millennium. The 76yearold chose the name pope francis the first. He delivered his first public address to the cheering cr
Ended in both places with definitive outcomes. On wall street, that outcome was another record high close for the dow, and we begin there tonight. Now, the dows win streak continues. Nine in a row. The blue chip index hasnt done that in 16 years. In fact it hasnt had a down day this month. Today the dow added 5 points, ending at 14,455, its seventh Straight Record closing high. The nasdaq was up nearly 3 points and the s p 500 inched 2 points higher. That leaves it less than 11 points from its alltime closing high. Now, the markets got an early boost from strong retail sales last month, which rose 1. 1 , nearly double what economists had expected. Thats the biggest spending gain in five months. But as Courtney Reagan tells us, those top line numbers can be deceiving. The governments headline retail sales number came in nearly double what economists expected for february. The details reveal a less than rosy picture when it comes to Discretionary Spending. I think the consumer is still i
Around. Which was giving outlines and thumbnail stretchs for the last several weeks. So it was stunning. Bruni president degioia, as surprising to you as father mcshane . It was, this combination is truly extraordinary and poses a unique moment for the church bruni had you hoped for him . Was he on your mind at small no. Like father mcshane this came as a surprise but we were all wondering whether this might be the moment where the conclave might turn to the south. Look to where the church is right now in the americas, this is the largest part of the Roman Catholic church and the church in the southened s growing and we thought this might be an opportunity to be inclusive in terms of the leadership. Rose father mad mad reese, youre a jesuit. Was he on your radar and in your hopes before today . Like so many other people i was confused by the number of candidates that the media was presenting. Rose laughs really . Sy thought the conclave would go on for days and days but i happened to c
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