In Rome
The news falls as the faithful and tourists flock to St. Peter's Square, a few hours from the Te Deum of thanksgiving for the past year and the first vespers celebrated in the basilica by Pope Francis in the late afternoon. noon Saturday.
The temperatures are spring-like in Rome.
The blue and serene sky accompanying the death of Benedict XVI contrasts with the violent storm that followed his resignation almost ten years ago, on February 11, 2012. “
His death sanctifies him, says Antonio near the square after learning the news.
It sanctifies him because he was a man who knew how to renounce power to dedicate himself to what he loved most, theology.
He was a great man.
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A few minutes earlier, a pithy press release informed journalists "
with pain
" of the death of the pope emeritus "
at 9.34 a.m. in the Mater Ecclesiae monastery in the Vatican
", where the German pontiff lived for almost a decade, surrounded by his personal secretary, Father Georg…
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