morning of May 2. 8 am. The mass action thanks for the beatification began at 10:30 and I was preparing to take a suitable site. Groups of pilgrims were already taking place and had priority access to the spaces closest to the altar chairs. Go!
So I put in a queue for access curiously moved quickly and found myself among a group of Polish pilgrims who went directly the area closest to the altar. Nobody told me anything, so I sat on a seat amazed at his luck.
The Mass was celebrated by Cardinal Bertone. I came very close to the procession of bishops, among which can recognize more than one English. A D. Antonio Ceballos did not see it, so I guess it would not attend the ceremony.
There were some groups of English pilgrims, as you see in the picture. Came from Cáceres and wasted no opportunity to display the flag and be noticed. In our area did not see any group. I guess it should have, but it was impossible localizar nada que estuviera a más de 50 metros.
Detrás mía, se veía una multitud de personas que llenaban toda la plaza de San Pedro y la Vía de la Conziliazione. Oí que se creía que la asistencia fue cercana a la de la beatificación, que se calculaba en entre 600.000 y 500.000 personas. La guardia Suiza vigilaba y una serie de encargados del orden se ocupaban de que todas las personas estuvieran en su lugar y tranquilas.
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