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him in the church, our calling card, it's called holiness. i think a lot of us talked about let's put a ceo in there to clean up and let's do this. holiness is what takes care of those things. this is a man whose life is root in the gospel. i met him in buenos aires a couple times and i couldn't believe the simplicity that he was living in. sold the house in the apartment, caring for an handicap jesuit at the time. he's a jesuit, too. which is another first. >> explain first what that means. what that means to you. >> the jesuits are one of the biggest and most important orders in the church, the society of jesus. they're known for great -- a whole host of saints in their community. known for their educational institutions. their mission. they're at the service of the pope. father lombardi told us, he never thought there would be a jesuit pope. and he's a jesuit too. i'm a product of jesuits. they formed me and taught me. i don't believe to that community, to another community, but this is a wonderful community to have their first pope. but a pope who then takes the
him in the street here just before we parted because he was going to begin the conclave. i said, your eminence, how do you feel? and he says, "pray for me, i'm a little nervous." so tonight to see this beautiful scene. it has nothing to do with age. this a great pastor, a great shepard, very wise man. and the thing that radiates from him in the church, our calling card, it's called holiness. i think a lot of us talked about let's put a ceo in there to clean up and let's do this. holiness is what takes care of those things. this is a man whose life is rooted in the gospel. i met him in buenos aires a couple times and i couldn't believe the simplicity that he was living in. sold the house in the apartment, caring for an handicap jesuit at the time. he's a jesuit, too. which is another first. >> explain first what that means. what that means to you. >> the jesuits are one of the biggest and most important orders in the church, the society of jesus. they're known for great -- a whole host of saints in their community.
i said, your eminence, how do you feel? and he says, "pray for me, i'm a little nervous." so tonight to see this beautiful scene, it has nothing to do with age, this is a great pastor, a great shepherd, very wise man. and the thing that radiates from him in the church, our calling card, it's called holiness. i think a lot of us talked about let's put a ceo in there to clean up and let's do this. holiness is what takes care of those things. this is a man whose life is root in the gospel. i met him in buenos aires a couple times and i couldn't believe the simplicity that he was living in. sold the house. lived in an apartment. caring for a handicap jesuit at the time. he's a jesuit, too. which is another first. >> explain first what that means. what that means to you. >> the jesuits are one of the biggest and most important orders in the church, the society of jesus. they're known for great -- whole host of saints in their community. known for their educational institutions. their mission.
means. what that means to you. >> the jesuits are one of the biggest and most important orders in the church, the society of jesus. they're known for great -- a whole host of saints in their community. known for their educational institutions. their mission. they're at the service of the pope. father lombardi told us, he never thought there would be a jesuit pope. and he's a jesuit too. i'm a product of jesuits. they formed me and taught me. i don't believe to that community, to another community, but this is a wonderful community to have their first pope. but a pope who then takes the name of francis. so there's -- it's a story of contrasts here. >> francis who talked about -- rebuilding the church. >> go and rebuild my church. so they took a jesuit to take his name, francis, to help rebuild and heal the church. because there are some divisions and some hurts. but i think most -- most -- what the cardinals wanted to present us with is this great pastoral man, known with the poor.