(6 May 2025)
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Vatican City, Vatican – 06 May 2025
1. Various of women staring at St. Peter’s Basilica
2. Wide of St. Peter’s Square
3. Mid of people walking in the square
4. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Marta (no last name given), faithful and Rome resident:
"My preference is (Matteo) Zuppi—but let’s wait and see what happens from above, what the Holy Spirit tells those who have to vote—because I think he is a person who is closer to the people and could become a pope who is more humanly closer to the people. In my opinion, we need a lot of love; we don’t need politics, we’ve had enough."
5. Various of pilgrims holding the cross and walking towards St. Peter’s Basilica
6. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Eleonora Carta, 21-year-old student:
"For me, (Antonio) Tagle, because I’ve heard about him, I’ve done some research on him, I think he’s a nice person. He also comes from Asia, I heard that his mother is of Chinese origin, so he could have a great chance of communicating with China, with these great world powers."
7. Mid of newsstand with Pope Francis calendars
8. Magnet showing Pope Francis’ face
9. Mid of a woman buying a postcard showing Pope Francis
10. Close of postcards showing Pope Francis and Pope John Paul II
11. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Larain Decolle, tourist from Treviso:
"It could be Cardinal Parolin, who is from the province of Vicenza, since we come from Treviso. (Reporter: What do you like about Parolin?) Well, we like him as a person, he seems like a good candidate."
12. Page of the Italian newspaper "Il Messaggero" reading (Italian) "The profile of the new Pope"
13. Close of "La Repubblica" newspaper’s title reading (Italian) "Conclave, doubts on the eve. ‘There is still great confusion’"
14. Close of a picture showing a woman and a man taking a picture with a cardinal
15. Page of the Italian newspaper "Il Corriere della Sera" showing pictures of cardinals and reading (Italian) "Some talk about ‘cinquine’ (groups of five), others have lists of names. But the congregations are not dispelling doubts."
16. Various of "Il Messaggero" newspaper’s page showing the pictures of the most eligible candidates among cardinals
17. Close of "La Stampa" newspaper’s title reading (Italian), "Conclave, last call"
18. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Pierfrancesco (no last name given), Rome resident:
"Honestly? (I would choose) No one at the moment. It’s surprising, but there isn’t anyone at the moment who shows such strong charisma as Pope Francis or John Paul II. We’ll see."
19. Close of a hanging rosary with St. Peter’s Basilica on the background
20. Close of St. Peter’s Dome
21. Low shot of people walking in St. Peter’s Square
STORYLINE:
Among the roughly 1.4 billion Catholics worldwide, many are keenly anticipating the upcoming Vatican conclave at which members of the College of Cardinals will elect a successor to Pope Francis.
There are no official candidates for the papacy, but some cardinals are considered “papabile,” or possessing the characteristics necessary to become pope.
After St. John Paul II broke the Italian hold on the papacy in 1978, the field of contenders has broadened considerably, such that even cardinals from far-flung countries are now possible successors to Pope Francis.
Cardinals will begin voting when the conclave begins May 7.
Ordinary people, tourists, and the faithful wandering around St. Peter’s Square expressed their preferences and hope that their favourite candidate would become pope.
AP Video shot by Silvia Stellacci
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