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The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer

The Conclave Commences

The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer

CNN

News

3.6857 Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2025

⏱️ 91 minutes

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Summary

It's a pivotal day for Catholicism and its 1.4 billion followers. Just minutes after today's show begins, 133 cardinals from around the world will solemnly file into the Vatican's Sistine Chapel to begin the secretive conclave, and they will not be seen again until they have elected the next pope. CNN anchor Erin Burnett begins our coverage from St. Peter's Square in Rome.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Happening now, breaking news soon. The conclave begins. In moments the Cardinals will gather to take an oath of secrecy and begin voting for a new Pope.

0:43.3

Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and indeed around the world.

0:47.3

I'm Wolf Blitzer with Pamela Brown, and you're in the Situation Room.

0:51.3

The Conclave begins. We begin this morning with a pivotal day for Catholicism and it's 1.4 billion followers. Just minutes from now, 133 cardinals from around the world will solemnly file into the Vatican's

1:17.6

Sistine Chapel to begin the secret of conclave.

1:20.6

And they will not be seen again until they have elected the next pope, the spiritual leader,

1:25.6

who will succeed, Pope Francis. And this morning, the Card leader, who will succeed Pope Francis.

1:28.2

And this morning, the Cardinals gathered

1:30.1

for a special mass at St. Peter's Basilica.

1:33.0

Their first vote is expected to begin just a short time from now.

1:36.1

We'll be closely monitoring all of this.

1:38.0

CNN anchor, Erin Burnett is in Rome for us.

1:40.9

She's overlooking St. Peter's Square right now. Erin, what are you seeing

1:46.0

so far today?

1:47.0

Well, if you know, it is an incredible moment in history for all of us to just witness.

1:54.0

And that's what we're seeing behind us in St. Peter's Basilica, the Mass. The Cardinals were there.

1:59.0

They went back to Santa Marta. They had their lunch,

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