Of course, the media came out in full force. And, as you watched their pictures, we watched them with their cameras. We saw the “FoxNews” and “ABC” and “CNN” labels on the cameras. Truly, St. Peter’s Square became one giant “set.”

After about an hour of waiting at our fountain, we—who had booked it over from class and were now leisurely standing about, hands in our pockets, talking about whatever conversation blew about in the wind—we were suddenly startled by a roar in the crowd.