We were all in the Sala del Concistorio in the third loggia of the Apostolic palace. After giving the date for the canonisation, the 12th of May, the pope took a sheet of paper and read from it, in latin.
He just said that he was resigning and that he would be finishing on February 28. We were all left … [he tailed off, lost for words]
The cardinals were just looking at one another. Then the pope got to his feet, gave his benediction and left. It was so simple; the simplest thing imaginable. Extraordinary. Nobody expected it.
Then we all left in silence. There was absolute silence … and sadness
Monsignor Oscar Sanchez, presente al Concistoro dell’11 febbraio 2013
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