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Only with td ameritrade. >> shannon: this is a fox news alert. is the most powerful vatican cleric get convicted of sexual abuse. cardinal george pell convicted in australia of molesting two choirboys after celebrating mass. he has maintained his innocence throughout, the 77 euros faces a potential maximum 50 year prison term after a sensitive stomach sentencing hearing to begin on wednesday. no evidence tonight in the case, the actor now claiming his payment of two brothers was for a nutrition plan, not to have them carry out a fake a crime, but the head of chicago's police department says th...

Secrecy, there's excommunicate indicati, do you think that will tighten it up? >> no, i think as reporters, i think there's a need for some cardinals to express themselves afterwards because they either didn't get what they wanted or they did get what they wanted. and they'll want to show themselves to have been on side or whatever. but inside, letting people know that they were inside. and how it went. and it will be important, i think, too, for the catholic church. because, you know, you want to know how the different issues were debated. and how the different issues were reflected in the vo...

Chanting of the saints. outside the sistine chapel we have miguel marquez and the mood inside is masked by outside. miguel, what are you sensing? >> it's certainly excitement out here, chris. the sense of history and what is happening. what you're seeing is being broadcast on giant monitors at the basilica here. and i'm joined by three americans here. emma. emma, elizabeth and andy. you guys are from texas. >> yes. >> you happen to be here during a very historic time. what are your thoughts as you're watching this? >> i think, you know, we just can't believe that we're here like actually when ...

Look, this is baseball, not basketball. there's no shot clock in the conclave. they go until they cross that magic threshold, 77 votes. and they feel pressure to do this quickly for two reasons, one, they want to have it wrapped up before holy week begins march 24th. if we're still on this platform on saturday, we know what the story is going to be, gridlock you paralysis and infighting. you can imagine the crawl, infighting. and that's the story that the cardinals don't want to tell the world. >> we did know that there was a little bit of tension, right? that the foreigners, the cardinals tha...

Live from rome, chris cuomo and anderson cooper leads cnn's special coverage as catholic cardinals elect a new pope. stay with cnn, on tv, online and your mobile app for the latest updates from the conclave. be there when the white smoke rises from the vatican and the new pope is introduced to the world. chris cuomo, anderson cooper, live from rome. a new pope. a cnn special report. ♪ welcome back, everyone, i'm chris cuomo. i want to welcome our viewers in america and all around the world. we are in rome. over my shoulder, the famous st. peter's square inside, we are waiting for the 115 c...