(7 May 2025)
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Vatican City – 7 May 2025
1. Mid of tourists, faithful and a soldier in front of St. Peter’s Basilica
2. Mid of conclave beginning on giant screen
3. Various of crowd watching the conclave on screen
4. Mid of conclave on the giant screen
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Annette Lewis, Tourist:
"I mean it’s very new for us, like staying far away from Vatican. We just see it in the news but witnessing this like… you know, first-hand right here at St. Peter’s Square, it’s something very nice, like you know, it will be very memorable for us as Catholics to be witnessing something like this."
6. Mid of crowd watching the conclave on screens
7. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Francesco Corradin, Tourist:
"(I expect) that they will not immediately make (a quick decision on) the Pope. There will be a few black smokes. Let’s hope that together they can find a fair balance for a Pope suitable for all nations and religions."
8. Mid of tourists from India
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Samadrita Sarka, Tourist:
"I feel like Pope Francis, I mean again, I’m not a Catholic, but Pope Francis did a lot for other communities, other minorities and I feel like when you open the doors for other people to come in, it just inspires others to enter the fold and it inspires more peace and harmony in the world. So I do feel like there should be, if not an Asian, then definitely a person of color (on the new Pope)."
10. Mid of crowd leading to St. Peter’s Square
11. Various of soldiers with anti-drone equipment
12. Various of St. Peter’s Basilica
STORYLINE:
Tourists mingled with journalists and Catholic faithful at St. Peter’s Square on Wednesday afternoon as 133 Cardinals processed into the Sistine Chapel.
Hundreds of people watched the proceedings on giant video screens, applauding when the Sistine Chapel’s doors shut and the Vatican feed cut off.
They were waiting until later Wednesday to see the first puffs of smoke from the chapel chimney to learn whether a pope had been elected or not.
Francesco Corradin, who is from northern Italy, expects the process will be lengthy.
“There will be a few black smokes. Let’s hope that together they can find a fair balance for a Pope suitable for all nations and religions,” he said to the Associated Press.
Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the secretary of state under Francis and himself a leading contender to succeed him as pope, assumed the leadership of the proceedings as the senior cardinal under age 80.
Speaking in Latin, Parolin stood before Michelangelo’s vision of heaven and hell, “The Last Judgment,” and led the cardinals in a lengthy oath.
Each one followed, placing his hand on the Gospel and promising in Latin to maintain utmost secrecy.
Hailing from 70 countries, the cardinals have been sequestered from the outside world, their cellphones surrendered and airwaves around the Vatican jammed to prevent all communications until they find a new pope.
Francis named 108 of the 133 “princes of the church,” choosing many pastors in his image from far-flung countries like Mongolia, Sweden and Tonga that had never had a cardinal before.
His decision to surpass the usual limit of 120 cardinal electors and include younger ones from the “global south” — often marginalized countries with lower economic clout — has injected an unusual degree of uncertainty in a process that is always full of mystery and suspense.
AP video by Helena Alves, AP production by Trisha Thomas and Paolo Santalucia
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