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He was the most eligible member of the powerful roman family that ruled the city of rome. they wanted him to be president obama for their own financial game, their own territorial supremacy. >> the papacy was the legal center of the western world. if a king needed a dispensation to marry his brother's wife, if people wanted to take possession of a local parish, they would are to get permission and pay a fee. at rome, you are enormously powerful, immense responsibility. >> but 19-year-old benedict has no interest in bureaucracy or public service. he is only interested in the privileges of power...

He was the most eligible member of the powerful roman family that ruled the city of rome. they wanted him to be pope for their own financial gains, their own territorial supremacy. >> the papacy was the legal center of the western world. if a king needed a dispensation to marry his brother's wife, if people wanted to take possession of a local parish, they would have to get permission and pay a fee. at rome, you are enormously powerful, immense responsibility. >> but 19-year-old benedict has no interest in bureaucracy or public service. he is only interested in the privileges of power. >> bene...

He was the most eligible member of the powerful roman family that ruled the city of rome. they wanted him to be pope for their own financial gains, their own territorial supremacy. >> the papacy was the legal center of the western world. if a king needed a dispensation to marry his brother's wife, if people wanted to take possession of a local parish, they would have to get permission and pay a fee. at rome, you are enormously powerful, immense responsibility. >> but 19-year-old benedict has no interest in bureaucracy or public service. he is only interested in the privileges of power. >> bene...

Inauguration day. i could have. i was that close. now if the south is to be aided at all it must be done quickly. it may already be too late. when caesar conquered the enemies at rome and the power that was his menaced the liberties of the people, brutus arose and slew him. trouble? not at all. i stand with brutus. >> lincoln might have remained in virginia on the battlefront with general grant. he might even have been present to witness robert e. lee's surrender on april 9th, but as fate would have it, secretary of state william seward and his son frederick are victims of a carriage accident ...

One of the front-runners, cardinal angela scola of milan, italy, said mass at rome's church of the 12 apostles. and there's one of the dark horse candidates, boston's sean o'malley. could he be the first american pope? >> let us pray that the holy spirit ill ummen the church to use a new pope who will confirm us in our faith, and make more visible the love that we cherish. >> reporter: the public politicking nearly over. once the conclave starts the cardinals go into deep seclusion until a decision is made. and now what you're looking at are those burgundy curtains, those red curtains that hav...