UNITED STATES
CBS News
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During her interview with Cardinal Seán O’Malley — on a windy rooftop overlooking St. Peter’s Square in Rome — CBS News’ Norah O’Donnell says it was “tough to concentrate” while discussing the topic of child sex abuse.
Tough, O’Donnell says, because as she was talking with the cardinal, she also had to contend with extremely windy conditions, the blaring horns of Rome’s traffic below and the bells of St. Peter’s Basilica ringing out every 15 minutes.
Amidst the noise, O’Donnell kept her focus on the interview: “I’m thinking of not only what I want to ask the cardinal next, I’m thinking about what he’s saying and following up on what he’s saying. I’m thinking: Do I need to re-ask a question because there was a truck that honked in the middle of my question?”
Following O’Donnell’s interview with the cardinal, she talked with 60 Minutes Overtime about her impressions of O’Malley. “It’s clear in talking to him that he’s very close with Pope Francis,” she says.
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