The pontiff returns through the front door (and in a popemobile)
After spending more than a month playing hide-and-seek with death due to bilateral pneumonia, Pope Francis decided that Easter was the perfect time for his great re-entry. And boy did he do it: he appeared in St. Peter’s Square as if he were the protagonist of a viral comeback, blessing babies and riding around in his popemobile as if nothing had happened. The crowd, excited, shouted “Long live the Pope!” as if it were a Taylor Swift concert, but with more incense and less Bad Blood.
A peace speech (and a political cameo)
The pontiff, who delegated the mass but not the drama, appeared on the balcony to give his blessing Urbi et Orbi (that is, “for Rome and the world”, because Latin sounds more elegant). Among flowers donated by the Netherlands (did someone say tulip-mania?), Francis called for peace in Gaza, Ukraine and other places where humanity seems to have forgotten the “thou shalt not kill” manual. In addition, he had time for an express meet & greet with the vice president of the United States, JD Vance, because even in the Vatican you have to do networking.
Although it was still noticeable that he was having a harder time breathing than a millennial after going up three floors without an elevator, his voice was louder than it had been in weeks. Clear priorities: if you are going to reappear, let it be with style. And if you ask for world peace in the process, even better.
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