万花筒 2013-03-18&03-21 走近梵蒂冈新任教皇

 New clues from the new leader of the 1.2 billion Catholics all over the world.

Pope Francis hinting at what kind of pope he will be and where he will take the church and its followers¹. 

He began his day by praying privately². And we saw this image today Francis kneeling at an altar,

praying for 30 minutes.

And tonight those hints said what his papacy might look like.

One of them right here,

Francis as a cardinal³ riding the subway in Argentina.

ABC’s Terry Moran tonight on where the Pope stands on many of the most divisive issues facing the Catholic church.

Pope Francis returned to the Sistine Chapel⁴ today to celebrate the first mass of his papacy, and to offer, in his short homily, a challenge to the very cardinals⁵ who elected him. “I would like for all of us to have courage to build the church,”he said.

As a night in St. Peter’s turn

to day in Rome, the surprise of Francis’ election turned to intense curiosity about him and today there were some clues. He went to St.

Mary major’s basilica this morning, slipping in quietly through a side door to pray to the virgin⁶. And then he stopped at the guesthouse where he's been staying to pick up his own bags and pay his own bill. “He’s going to be a simple person.

He is not going to speak in grand theological terms, he is going to try to say things simply and do things simply.”

That’s how he lived in Argentina, where he was archbishop of Buenos Aires. Taking the bus to work, ministering to the poor and castigating⁷ the rich, shunning⁸ the trappings of his office, rooting hard for the St.Lorenzo soccer club.

Before the priesthood he loved chemistry, dancing the tango and a young woman who remembered the proposal he made in a love letter.“It’s said that we were going to get married,”she remembers,“And he drew a house where we would live.”

But he chose a different path. Now, as the world comes to know him, it turns out on many issues, Pope Francis is a staunch traditionalist. He compared abortion⁹ to a death sentence, called gay marriage “destructive of God's plan”,

though he has suggested that contraception, which the church opposes, may be permissible¹⁰ to stop the spread of disease. 

He’s 76 and 55 years ago, he had an operation to remove part of one lung. It’s raised some health concerns, but friends

say he’s strong and doctors tell us

that old surgeries shouldn’t have any impact. And David,

friends also tell us one other thing. “He may look like a simple and gentle and meek¹¹ man, but there’s another side to him.” They say, “He's tough and he'll need it.”David.

Nightline anchor,Terry Moran at a much quieter Vatican City tonight.

Terry,

thanks to you.

And this evening our first glimpse inside the Sistine Chapel,

those cardinals voting in the conclave¹²,

a rare glimpse from New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan who told George Stephanopoulos what it was like as they are near those crucial 77 votes. 

“And still the moment he got to the number needed 77 was wonderfully inspirational. I don't think there was a dry eye in the house,what move me was how the whole nature identity of Hawl Bergoglio changed and was transformed in the Pope Francis,

here was the man that just couple of hours before we were pouring coffer with and walking through the hall of St.Marsa and chanting with.

And now of a sudden,

he is our holy father. He was very serene¹³,

and he was remarkably¹⁴ at peace,

and did not seem to be rattled¹⁵,

did not seem to agonize¹⁶ over things,

just was a man of resignation.”

1 followers   

追随者( follower的名词复数 )； 用户； 契据的附面； 从动件

参考例句：

• the followers of Mahatma Gandhi 圣雄甘地的拥护者
• The reformer soon gathered a band of followers round him. 改革者很快就获得一群追随者支持他。

2 privately   

adv.以私人的身份，悄悄地，私下地

参考例句：

• Some ministers admit privately that unemployment could continue to rise.一些部长私下承认失业率可能继续升高。
• The man privately admits that his motive is profits.那人私下承认他的动机是为了牟利。

3 cardinal   

n.(天主教的)红衣主教；adj.首要的，基本的

参考例句：

• This is a matter of cardinal significance.这是非常重要的事。
• The Cardinal coloured with vexation. 红衣主教感到恼火，脸涨得通红。

4 chapel   

n.小教堂，殡仪馆

参考例句：

• The nimble hero,skipped into a chapel that stood near.敏捷的英雄跳进近旁的一座小教堂里。
• She was on the peak that Sunday afternoon when she played in chapel.那个星期天的下午，她在小教堂的演出，可以说是登峰造极。

5 cardinals   

红衣主教( cardinal的名词复数 )； 红衣凤头鸟（见于北美，雄鸟为鲜红色）； 基数

参考例句：

• cardinals in scarlet robes 身披红袍的枢机主教
• A conclave of cardinals was held to elect the new Pope. 红衣主教团举行了秘密会议来选举新教皇。

6 virgin   

n.处女，未婚女子；adj.未经使用的；未经开发的

参考例句：

• Have you ever been to a virgin forest?你去过原始森林吗？
• There are vast expanses of virgin land in the remote regions.在边远地区有大片大片未开垦的土地。

7 castigating   

v.严厉责骂、批评或惩罚（某人）( castigate的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Do not overdo your privilege of reproving or castigating me. 不要过分使用责备我的特权；不要对我倚老卖老。 来自互联网
• He is capable of castigating his own country. 他也会痛诋他的祖国。 来自互联网

8 shunning   

v.避开，回避，避免( shun的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• My flight was more a shunning of external and internal dangers. 我的出走是要避开各种外在的和内在的威胁。 来自辞典例句
• That book Yeh-yeh gave me-"On Filial Piety and the Shunning of Lewdness"-was still on the table. 我坐下来，祖父给我的那本《刘芷唐先生教孝戒淫浅训》还在桌子上。 来自汉英文学 - 家（1-26） - 家（1-26）

9 abortion   

n.流产，堕胎

参考例句：

• She had an abortion at the women's health clinic.她在妇女保健医院做了流产手术。
• A number of considerations have led her to have a wilful abortion.多种考虑使她执意堕胎。

10 permissible   

adj.可允许的，许可的

参考例句：

• Is smoking permissible in the theatre?在剧院里允许吸烟吗？
• Delay is not permissible,even for a single day.不得延误，即使一日亦不可。

11 meek   

adj.温顺的，逆来顺受的

参考例句：

• He expects his wife to be meek and submissive.他期望妻子温顺而且听他摆布。
• The little girl is as meek as a lamb.那个小姑娘像羔羊一般温顺。

12 conclave   

n.秘密会议，红衣主教团

参考例句：

• Signore,I ask and I prey,that you break this conclave.各位阁下，我请求，并祈祷，你们能停止这次秘密会议。
• I met my partner at that conclave and my life moved into a huge shift.我就是在那次大会上遇到了我的伴侣的，而我的生活就转向了一个巨大的改变。

13 serene   

adj. 安详的，宁静的，平静的

参考例句：

• He has entered the serene autumn of his life.他已进入了美好的中年时期。
• He didn't speak much,he just smiled with that serene smile of his.他话不多，只是脸上露出他招牌式的淡定的微笑。

14 remarkably   

ad.不同寻常地，相当地

参考例句：

• I thought she was remarkably restrained in the circumstances. 我认为她在那种情况下非常克制。
• He made a remarkably swift recovery. 他康复得相当快。

15 rattled   

慌乱的，恼火的

参考例句：

• The truck jolted and rattled over the rough ground. 卡车嘎吱嘎吱地在凹凸不平的地面上颠簸而行。
• Every time a bus went past, the windows rattled. 每逢公共汽车经过这里，窗户都格格作响。

16 agonize   

v.使受苦，使苦闷

参考例句：

• Why do you agonize yourself with the thought of your failure?你为何总是对于你的失败念念不忘而自我折磨呢？
• There's no reason to agonize over telling people you're job hunting.没有理由为告诉他人你正在找工作而感到苦恼。