Robert prevost – a new start for the Catholic Church

After the sadness of death, the joy of a new beginning.

The warm May sun was still high in the sky when the streets surrounded by St. Peter’s square, humming on the streets.

One on the street, the affected people looked at each other, then on their phones. Then they began to run through the narrow alleys leading to the Vatican. “White smoke, they say white smoke!” They called.

By the time they reached the Square, the white haze was still flying across the left side of the Apostolic Palace, where 133 cardinals were closed since so far, having voted to choose a new head of the Catholic Church.

When the evening sun passed through the statues of the apostles at the performance of St. Peter’s Basilica and the bells, happily overcame the square, and the young people from the zig-won through the crowd, and a group of nuns held hands when they turned journalists and cameras.

Less than three weeks ago, Pope Francis blessed the crowd on the balcony in St. Peter, and his memory hung over the square on Thursday; Almost everyone asked to share their impressions mentioned by Francis and the need for the new Pope to follow in his footsteps.

“We just came from America today,” said one woman named Amanda. “It feels like a blessing. We came here for that.”

“Divine term!” She joked. Two stylish women in the 20s said that “here they are crying.” “This is a historical moment, it’s crazy,” said one, adding that she hoped that the next pope will “at least the last.”

These were the moods that have responded to many in the last minutes before Pope Leo XIV was announced.

“It doesn’t matter to us where he follows in the footsteps of Francis and creates unity for all US Catholics,” the French woman said when she drove five children to approach the front of the square.

By the time, Dominic Mamberti – Prot -Diakan, who instructed to put the iconic address “Habemus Pope” on the square – appeared on the balcony, Saint – Petro was full to the edge. However, it was read as soon as the name of Robert Francis Prevost was read.

Those who know may have identified a 69-year-old Cardinal in Chicago, who has worked as a missionary in Peru for many years before becoming a bishop-like potential pontiff at an early stage.

But many people on the square first looked embarrassed, and the complete lack of coverage of the phone meant that most could not look into it on the Internet – so the first impression most received by Pope Leo XIV came down before he introduced himself from the balcony.

At first he moved noticeably, dressed in white and red clothes and confidently talking – when slightly accentuated – Italian, he read a much longer speech than the comments made by his predecessor Frances in 2013.

“I would like this greeting of peace to reach all your hearts and families … And people around the world. May peace be with you,” the new Pope began when the area is silent.

At other moments, his appeal met with frequent warm applause, especially when he mentioned “Peace” – what he did nine times – and the deceased Francis.

The section of the speech in Spanish, in which Pope Leo XIV remembered her time in Peru, was met with vita from different pockets of South American people arranged in the area.

He also insisted on the need for unity, and eventually asked everyone to unite in prayer. When he began to recite Mary Avenue, a deep hum rose when the square followed it, and some prayed in their languages.

Soon the crowd began to slowly leave the square. When people passed them, the young couple kept each other closely, shining. “I still have tastes,” Carl from Barcelona said.

“Energy is contagious, it’s strange – we are here for the first time, and for me it is 100% surreal,” said Juan, who has never been to the Vatican before. Asked what his hope for Pope Leo XIV, he replied, “What the Holy Spirit directs it. I hope it means that we can all unite together.”

Hemma, a resident of Rome, said she didn’t even hear Robert Prevost until he came across his Instagram this morning. “The area’s reaction was not so warm,” added her friend Mark.

“If he were Italian, everyone would start.” “But it was a wonderful evening, a wonderful case,” Jem said. “It was my first conclave. And this new pope is only 69, so who knows when the next one?”

The square was emptied. The restaurants around the Vatican were filled with pilgrims, clergy and tourists. The couples cut off the last selfies outside the basilica.

In the Apostolic Palace – now unlawed – Robert prevost spent a moment of private prayer.

Then, for the first time, he again entered the Sistine chapel like the lion of the XIV, 267th Pope.