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 crowd. Brother cardinals had to go almost to the end of the earth to find him. But here we are. Ifill the new pope has spent most of his career in argentina, where he oversaw churches and priests across the country. Now hell lead the 1. 2 billion members of the Roman Catholic church, all while addressing a number of difficult issues plaguing the church, from priest sex abuse scandals to allegations of corruption. Pope francis succeeds benedict the sixteenth who stepped down last month. He was the first pontiff to resign in 600 years. Pope francis the pope will be installed formally on tuesday. Vice President Joe Biden will lead the historic delegation. We get more now from Michael Sean Winters of the National Catholic reporter. The first obvious question is, who is he . Some of us are all scrambling. I think he was a surprise choice in part because of his age. What weve learned is hes a very simple and humble man who, when he became the archbishop of buenos aires chose not to live in in big mansion but got a small apartment. He takes Public Transportation and did away with the limousine. Hes obviously conservative and i think youll see none of the candidates were what we in america would consider doctrinal liberals. Most importantly hes from latin america and for the last 50 years the issue the latin American Bishops have been dealing with is what is the preferential option for the poor mean and trying to wrestle with that on theologically but also practically. Is it going to be just words or is it really going to galvanize the church to care for the poor. Pelley was it also important the pope come from an area of the world where there is growth . Population growth in the church . I think so. I think this gets to the heart of the gospel which is good news for the poor and i think sometimes in america and in western europe were simply too affluent to hear it anymore in the way it was intend tpwhud africa, latin america there are desperately poor people for them it is still good news. Ifill but he has no roman experience. That is work inside the vatican. He didnt come from that experience. Does that put him in a disadvantage at all . This is the danger is obviously he although hes been on several congregations as a cardinal so he might know his way around hes never worked in rome and the danger is that the old guard will say, you know, were not going to tell you where the bathroom is unless you do what we want. So well see. But hes a very strong leader in buenos aires, has a reputation as a decisive man and i suspect has a mandate from the cardinals to clean up some of the messes that are there. Pelley one of the things he said when he came out in the square today was or on the balcony was that he would be the new bishop of rome. He specifically talked about the city of rome. What was that about . Again, this is our hope and at this point its all speculation. On theres been so much centralization in the Catholic Church in rome over the last 150 years. And i think bishops trying to do their best dont want to be considered just branch managers. The bishop of rome is the pope, but that doesnt mean youre the bishop of the entire world. And too many pontiffs have acted in that way. And have been not giving local bishop it is authority and decisionmaking power that i think that they want and were hopefully he will pursue that kind of decentralization of authority. Ifill even though pope francis wasnt the frontrunner, if there is such a thing, since we dont know what goes on inside that conclave, hes still considered or its been reported he was the runnerup in 2005 to pope benedict. Its hard to interpret that. One wonders you know, those were 40 votes he supposedly got in 2005 who were not voting for Joseph Ratzinger and that may indicate a certain amount of change. I just want to caution i think a lot of americans think when they think of reform and change they think were going to have women priests. That was not a realistic expectation given the cardinals who were in there. I think what they mean by reform touched other issues, partly reorganization of the curia, its relationships with local bishops and, again, are we going to focus a little bitless maybe on the traditional latin mass and a little bit more on caring for the poor. Ifill so this is not a pope or a papacy were going to see any kind of change when it comes to things like abortion or of course not. Ifill gay marriage. Of course not. Ifill or adoption or any social issues that get us so worked up, especially in the United States . No, and these are not issues in the latin american church. When 50 of your people are living below the poverty line, shame on you if youre worried about other issues like that. Youve got to be very hand on worried about feeding your people so they dont go to bet hungry at night. Ifill he was quoted as saying not too long ago if the church remains closed in on itself, selfreferential, it gets old. Does that harken some sort of change thats imminent . You know, my worry is that the church does sometimes become very selfreferential and when they talk about the new e advantagelyization they reduce it to teaching bishops how to use twitter and it has to mean more than that. Its curious he chose the name francis. Francis faced a very corrupt church and very degenerate culture in his day and he changed it by kiss ago leper. Ifill were talking about st. Francis of aceasesy. Yes. And thats how the church reforms, by becoming the gospel church. Ifill we have to go back to this process and how he came to be pope. Was there anybody besides americans were there anyone besides americans who thought an american would be pope . It was evidently a strong candidacy for cardinal omalley. It was being pushed by an african cardinal. Ifill the boston archbishop. And a couple latin american cardinals who were big fans of cardinal omalley. Well find out in the next couple of weeks, estimations and guesses about what the vote totals were. But i think that was a real there was a real buzz there. That was not just the media. Ifill Michael Sean Winters of National Catholic reporter, thank you so much. Thank you. Woodruff for more on what pope francis selection means for the future of the Catholic Church. Ray suarez picks up the story. Suarez and for that were joined by chester gillis, a dean and professor of theology at georgetown university. He has written extensively on the history of the papacy and catholicism. And Sister Simone campbell is the executive director of network, a progressive Catholic Organization which promotes social justice. Well the new pope joked that the fellow cardinals went to the ends of the earth to find him. He is the first pope from the global south. In his context, sister, what does it mean to be socially progressive and doctrinally conservative . I think in the argentine context especially in the global south it means to be keenly aware of the suffering of people at the margins of society. He has spoken very strongly against the income disparities, against the concentration of wealth in the north, first world countries, against the consequences, the adverse consequences of globalization and globalized greed for people who are poor. And then he is apparently very conservative on some of the social issues. But thats very consistent with this whole idea that its lifting up people out of poverty is the key. Thats where jesus went, thats where jesus was. So i think he lives its interesting he picked the name francis, because that francis was the most radical to reject the riches of his time and to embrace the whole concept of voluntary poverty, care for those at the margins. Its a significant step, i think. Suarez dean, he comes from a background of supervising priests rather than being a theologian or intellectual of the church. What practical aspect what Practical Application does that have in his new job . Well, that means hes a pastoral person, which is probably a good thing for the church. Hes also a jesuit and jesuits are intellectuals, all of them virtually, and a very powerful order in the church. So i think he has both sides. He has the pastoral side and jesuits are contemplatives in action. So theres a contemplation side and spiritual side but it is the activity side that has to manifest itself in culture and society and it has to be on the side of the poor as has been said. Thats part of his orientation. He supervised priests so he knows how to run an organization. He knows how to manage people. He knows the pressures of that job. But they havent he hasnt let that go to his head. Suarez at the election of the last pope, benedict xvi, it was observed because of his age that the electors were anticipating a short papacy and, in fact, thats what they got. But pope francis i is 76 years old, sister. Did they just do it again . Well, i think they did just do it again. But i think this is also an important step because in our fastpaced globalized world i think maybe the electors have some insights that a very long papacy like with john paul had a lot of positives but there was a lot of anguish at the end of the papacy, a lot of things went undone. Because we always need a variety of skills and a variety of gifts to make a difference and i think thats what theyre choosing. Some new gifts but not for too long. Suarez theres been stories of financial mismanagement, decline of the church in the west and, of course, the ongoing unfolding, consistent revelation of the sexual abuse scandals. Whats job one after the installation . I think job one is to put a Management Team in place, so to speak, to make some changes probably, even in the curia, and put people in whom he trusts and who will make some changes in those structures and maybe even more transparency in the roman structure. You know, who would want this job . We wonder. Were saying my goodness, its not an easy task. Hes coming in at a very difficult time. This is not coming in when things are smooth so he can make a big difference in a short period of time potentially. And part of that would be by what kind of Management Structure and with whom he surrounds himself to manage the affairs of the vatican. Suarez but thats a tough thing when youre coming in from the outside, isnt it . It is extremely difficult coming from the outside. But the thing that he brings, it appears, is a sense of humility, a sense of humor which is wonderful and the capacity to welcome in everyone to the center. And i think its that capacity to welcome people in that will allow him to form a Management Team that can do something different. He comes from a democratic country which is is led by a woman so he is used to having other voices to deal with. So i think the fact that he understands democracy, knows the value of various voices, has worked with strong women will allow us, then, to create a good team that is diverse and that is pastoral as well as administratively sound. Suarez his home, latin america, is also the home of a third of the worlds catholics. But its also a place thats seen a lot of decline in the church, a lot of move to protestant churches, to a more exuberant form of worship. Great inroad in the church. Evangelism is being talked about a lot. That is spreading the faith, hes been living that struggle, hasnt he . Yes, and the evangelism has been an evangelism to catholics. Ironically. Evangelism has been trying to convert people to catholicism. In this case its the bring people back to catholicism as you suggested and latin america theres a great migration to evangelical protestantism thats problematic. In europe theres just a decline in religious interest and people just drop out. So to evangelize in both contexts is a very important element of the church and someone who can carry that message but also has a certain credibility about his own character and humility i think will help in that. But its a struggle. Its not going to be easy. This is not going to turn around on a dime. Suarez sister, what are your hopes now . Were approaching the installation of a new pope, the seating and anointing of a new pope and easter. Well, i live in hope and i think this peace of evangelization is very important because its also that the people will evangelize our leaders. Our leaders between church need to hear from ordinary people and that, i believe, pope francis i has already been touched by them. But he will now need to be touched by the whole world and when you touch the pain of the world as real there is a a solidarity, an engagement with the gospel, a living faith that blossoms forth and lets pray for a moment of blossoming. Suarez it must be a shocking thing to go to rome and then find out youre really never going to live in your home again. Youre not going home. When youre elected, thats it. Somebody brings your belongings from your home country and you are and you never have the same identity. You will be known as francis for the rest of your life and the first thing the cardinals do is pledge obedience to him. These were his colleagues and his peers a few hours ago and now hes the holy father, as hes referred to the in rome all the time. The holy father. It has to be an astonishing change to him. Im sure he contemplated it to some degree but im sure its humbling, i hope its humbling and probably a little bit frightening saying i hope i can do this. I hope i have the courage to do this, the insight, the spirituality and the stamina to do the job. Pelley dean gillis, Sister Simone, good to talk to you both. Ifill still to come on the newshour the search for bipartisanship; danger in your Drinking Water and Sexual Assault in the military. But first, with the other news of the day. Heres hari sreenivasan. Sreenivasan the u. S. House voted today to block the Obama Administration from granting state waivers to work requirements under welfare. Republicans charged the president is trying to gut the 1996 welfare reform law. Last summer, the white house said it would grant waivers, if states can meet welfaretowork goals by other means. So far, no state has applied for a waiver. The house bill is not expected to pass the democratic controlled senate. A Juvenile Court in steubenville, ohio today opened a rape trial thats drawn international attention. The two defendants are High School Football players, ages 16 and 17. Theyre accused of raping a 16 yearold girl last august. Social media postings have fueled claims that other students should have been charged and that police under played the incident to protect the football team. The police have denied it. In china, authorities near shanghai pulled hundreds more dead pigs from a river that provides Drinking Water to the city. In all, theyve found more than 6,600 pig carcasses in the water since friday. Officials say the dead animals may have been dumped by swine farms upstream. The Shanghai City government said it is monitoring water quality, and that so far, there is no sign of contamination. On wall street, stocks managed small gains in another relatively calm day of trading. The Dow Jones Industrial average gained five points to close at 14,455. The nasdaq rose more than two points to close at 3,245. Those are some of the days major stories. Now, back to judy. Woodruff amid a backdrop of budget negotiations, president obama kept up his bipartisan outreach today. Newshour Congressional Correspondent kwame holman begins our coverage. Reporter the president s meeting with House Republicans at the capitol was his first with them, on their turf, since january 2009, a week after his first inauguration. In an interview that aired on abc this morning, he sounded a note of optimism. Right now, what im trying to do is create an atmosphere where democrats and republicans can go ahead, get together, and try to get something done. Reporter but at the same time, the president said a sweeping, longterm deficit deal could be impossible, given Republican Opposition to higher taxes. Ultimately, it may be that the differences are just too wide. If their position is, we cant do any revenue, or, we can only do revenue if we gut medicare or gut Social Security or gut medicaid, if thats the position, then were probably not going to be able to get a deal. Reporter after the president left, House Speaker john boehner replied that its mr. Obama whos the obstacle to getting a deal. We have a spending problem. We have to attack the spending. And the president understands, yeah weve got some long term spending that we need to deal with. But hes going to hold hostage the fact that he wants to raise taxes on the American People again. Thats not going to get us very far. Reporter some republicans, such as house budget chair paul ryan, on msnbc today, also questioned whether the meetings with lawmakers are just for show. The quest