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What to expect after Pope Francis' death

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USA TODAY

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4.41.2K Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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USA TODAY National Correspondent Marco della Cava talks about his experience covering conclaves and what to expect from the process to select a new pope.

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Good morning. I'm Taylor Wilson. And today is Wednesday, April 23rd, 2025. This is the excerpt.

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Today, what's next after the death of Pope Francis? Plus, a major overhaul of the State Department is on the way,

0:51.3

and we discussed the latest on a pair of deported men in El Salvador.

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In the wake of Pope Francis's passing, we now move toward his funeral, set for Saturday, and

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later a conclave when the next pope will be selected. I spoke with USA Today, national correspondent

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Marco Delacava, who previously covered a pair of conclaves to learn more about what's next.

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Hello, Marco. Thanks for joining me on this. Yeah, my pleasure. So tell us a bit first about your experience covering conclaves and even a

1:18.2

papal funeral. Yeah, well, I was sent over to Rome by USA Today when John Paul II was

1:24.3

ailing and I think he literally died when I landed, and so I ended up covering

1:28.5

his funeral about a week later in St. Peter's Square, which was very dramatic. And then I stayed on

1:34.0

for a couple of weeks as the conclave unfolded that then elected Pope Benedict. And then I went back

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a dozen years ago because Benedict rather abruptly decided to sort of retire. And so I went back

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and covered the election of the late Pope Francis. Wow. And so what really stood out to you, Marco,

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from those reporting trips? Well, it's a combination of things. It's sort of how political, the actual

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voting ends up being, as many people might have

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gleaned from watching the movie Conclave, which was Oscar nominated this year. It does a pretty

2:08.2

accurate job of sort of talking about the different factions and one person in the end, one

2:13.9

cardinal in the end, has to get two-thirds of the votes. So it's all the jockeying

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