« We were sitting in the Hawelka when we learned » – DiePresse.com
A piece of paper for the pastor, admitted by the organist, burst into the trade fair in St. Stephen’s Cathedral: there is a new Pope.
The news overtakes the priest in the preparation of gifts. It hadn’t been clear at the sermon yet. « I hope I have your attention at the hour despite the tension. Because we don’t yet know who the new Pope is, » said the priest at the beginning of the 19 p.m. And not entirely unjustified, some visitors always brought out the cell phone to see who the white smoke just reported applies.
In the middle of the preparation of gifts, the organist then brings the pastor a piece of paper on which the name of the new Pope is: Robert Francis Prevost alias Pope Leo XIV. Only then does the musician sit down again and begins to play.
Catalina probably knew very quickly. That evening she is sitting in the benches in the back of the cathedral, in which numerous tourists and tourists are also pushing, and follows the live stream from St. Peter’s Basilica on her cell phone. “It is simply interesting to see who the new head of the Catholic Church is in times like this. Things are just very chaotic, ”says the young woman.
