The Americans who visit Rome describe what they want in the next Pope

the Papal Conclave He is He held on Wednesday To start the selection process Khalifa Pope Francis. For Americans visiting Rome this week, it is an opportunity to experience history.

“Maybe it was a chance once in a lifetime to be in Rome when they communicate,” said John Sawirick.

Many Americans said they believe that God will guide the flavor.

“I do not hope that the Holy Spirit will be to lead the Cardinals or lead the Pope after the decision,” said Grant Avis. “They will be a successor to Christ in both cases, it is not really my views.”

But some, like Cathy Freeman, a Catholic flight host from New Jersey who traveled to Rome to work, “I see it is more political than divine intervention.”

“It is like politics in the United States,” she said. “It is another government there.”

new CBS News Poll I found that 42 % of American Catholics hope that the successor of Pope Francis continues his teachings. Freeman is among these, but he adds that she is still not satisfied with the aspects of the current church and raising her children outside.

“I love Catholic to see more female intervention around the service,” she said.

Dokoupil spoke to a group of Missouri men who were also in Rome. They said that the new Pope does not need to be more liberal or conservative, but it needs to unify faith.

Alex Harold said: “Morriso is the need for a left or right person, we just need someone who is the hero of faith that everyone can leave for,” said Alex Harold.

He also said that the papacy “does not need to fit a lifetime,” adding, “for this reason is 2000 years old.”

The CBS News poll shows what the Americans want in the next Pope

The majority of those surveyed in the recent CBS News poll believe that the next Pope should talk about political issues in the world. They were also looking for the Pope to support the priests to marry; It is allowed for a woman to be appointed as a priest. And – by an overwhelming majority – to use birth control.

But the poll found a division of opinions between the United States of Catholic who are ordinary church men and those who rarely attend or not attend.

In the United States, the number of Catholics who have attended a mass has been diminished over the past few decades. The weekly or weekly attendance has decreased by 12 % since 2000, according to Gallup.

“We are going through a crisis in the Catholic Church in the United States, especially in the global north. We have only young people who are not interested and leave.” “It is something like one in three people who were baptized Catholics who are no longer Catholics in the United States. This is huge!”

When will the title of the next Pope will be elected?

133 Cardinal voters who make up Good He meets Wednesday. There is no specific deadline for the date of the new Pope to lead 1.4 billion Catholics in the world, but modern popes were chosen within two to three days of the delivery contract.

The candidate must get two thirds of the voters, in addition to one, to become the next Pope. When this happens, the white smoke will rise from the Sistin Church to indicate that the new Pope was chosen.

Farid Bakosand

Jennifer de Pinto and

Anthony Salvanto

He contributed to this report.