Had to interrupt my Marseille holiday pictures to show this.
I was in the garden doing some work when Christine called from the laundry room saying that the white smoke had appeared from the Vatican chimney indicating that a new pope had been selected. At first I said ‘O.K.’ and continued what I was doing. But then I said to myself ‘I must see this important event. So I left everything and went inside to watch what going on on the Italian tv stations (later Christine said they were showing it also on the Maltese tv stations). Then I decided to capturing what was going on on my camera. Finally, I decided to make this collage to show on 365. I’m sure you all have seen this on tv. But I hope you will appreciate my post.
Thank you very much for your looks, for your comments and for the fav on yesterday's picture.
I watched it all Dione. Was very exciting! A hard act to follow but I like the look of him. Hope he manages a hard lonely job well… young too so he should be with us a long time.
He seems a good man with a heart for God, a passion for justice and he is rightly critical of the US president's actions. Not a political patsy then. I think he will do very well and follow in Pope Francis' footsteps.
I watched this, the BBC interrupted other programmes to show it, but it did feel like it was a major historical event that should be watched.
He certainly seems to be very smiley 😊
A lovely collage - fav! He seems like a good choice, from what I have read about him. I was quite amused by the gulls on the roof becoming instantly famous around the world as well!
I love your collage. I was getting ready to go out when I got an alert about the white smoke, so I turned on the TV and watched as the new pope was introduced. So moving!
Later in the day, the news outlets in New Orleans began to buzz as people learned that Pope Leo XIV's grandmother was from New Orleans. Even non-Catholics were excited about that!
He certainly seems to be very smiley 😊
Ian
I like how he doesn’t kowtow to trump.
Later in the day, the news outlets in New Orleans began to buzz as people learned that Pope Leo XIV's grandmother was from New Orleans. Even non-Catholics were excited about that!