After the blessing, the group of us just stood by our barricade which we stood by from the time when we moved from the fountain. And we just stood there and soaked the history being written around us, the crowd of people staying with us (NO ONE, and I mean NO ONE, left). For about an hour, we just stood there, talking occasionally, staring at St. Peter’s once in a while, all the time enjoying the weight of the events which just took place. We have a pope.

(And we are very blessed).