VATICAN: REACTION OF PILGRIMS IN ST.PETER'S SQUARE AFTER POPE BENEDICT XVI GREETS CROWDS AFTER CELEBRATING HIS INAUGURAL MASS.
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VATICAN: REACTION OF PILGRIMS IN ST.PETER'S SQUARE AFTER POPE BENEDICT XVI GREETS CROWDS AFTER CELEBRATING HIS INAUGURAL MASS.
- Title: VATICAN: REACTION OF PILGRIMS IN ST.PETER'S SQUARE AFTER POPE BENEDICT XVI GREETS CROWDS AFTER CELEBRATING HIS INAUGURAL MASS.
- Date: 24th April 2005
- Summary: (BN10) VATICAN CITY (APRIL 24, 2005) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. TRACK: POPE BENEDICT XVI DRIVING IN AN OPEN-TOP CAR GREETING CROWDS, SEEN THROUGH FLAGS. (3 SHOTS) 0.36 2. CU: (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) YOUNG WOMAN SAYING: "I liked the mass very much, I think he is a very wise man and he is going take forward the church- and specially in Europe he will contribute". 0.50 3. MV: GROUP OF TOURISTS POSING FOR A PHOTO. PAN: TO PHOTOGRAPHER. 0.55 4. CU: (SOUNDBITE) (German) ANGELIKA MENDES FROM GERMANY SAYING: "I have to say I am very enthusiastic it was an incredibly joyful atmosphere even before the mass started. I was very touched by the words the Holy Father said, he was very direct, very open, and he spoke to the hearts of the people, especially the youths- and that is the thing I appreciate the most. I think he is the right man and he will do a very good job". 1.18 5. WS: PRIEST STANDING ON A CHAIR WATCHING THE CROWD LEAVING. 1.27 6. MV: OF CROWD LEAVING. 1.32 7. VARIOUS: YOUNG WOMEN PLAYING BAGPIPES. (2 SHOTS) 1.47 8. SCU: (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) LILIANA WAMER FROM ARGENTINA SAYING: "I specially like the homily, like always. Practically a political plan, very nice, very realistic, and it was very close to the youths. So now we put our hope in him- we feel a lot of emotion and want to be together with others". 2.09 9. WS: PEOPLE LEAVING. 2.13 10. SCU: (SOUNDBITE) (Italian) GROUPS OF YOUTHS SAYING: "It was extraordinary, (the part we liked the best was) the homily. It was sensational. the mass was very emotional - he has charisma and character". 2.37 11. MV: PEOPLE WITH UMBRELLAS LEAVING MASS. 2.42 12. WS/PAN: MORE OF PEOPLE WITH UMBRELLAS LEAVING MASS. 2.54 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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- Story Text: Pilgrims express faith in Pope Benedict XVI
following his inauguration mass.
PIlgrims at St. Peter's square reacted with
enthusiasm and joy to Pope Benedict's inauguration mass
which was celebrated on Sunday (April 24.)
"I liked the mass very much, I think he is a very wise
man and he is going take forward the church- and specially
in Europe he will contribute", said a woman from Spain.
"I have to say I am very enthusiastic it was an
incredibly joyful atmosphere even before the mass started.
I was very touched by the words the Holy Father said, he
was very direct, very open, and he spoke to the hearts of
the people, especially the youths- and that is the thing I
appreciate the most. I think he is the right man and he
will do a very good job", said Angelika Mendes from Germany.
Pope Benedict was installed as leader of the Roman
Catholic Church on Sunday, receiving the symbols of his
authority at an inaugural outdoor Mass that mixed
centuries-old pageantry with prayer.
Three weeks after the death of John Paul, pilgrims and
patriarchs, presidents and priests once again packed the
cobbled expanse in front of St. Peter's Basilica for the
solemn service - the final rite in the papal transition.
The former Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, the 16th pontiff
to take the name Benedict, was elected in a secret conclave
of the Roman Catholic Church's 115 voting cardinals last Tuesday.
At 78 the oldest Pope for three centuries, he emerged onto the
steps of the basilica behind a procession of
cardinals and paused briefly to wave to a sea of onlookers
estimated by city authorities at up to half a million.
Applause echoed around the square, decked with 20,000
flowers in the white and yellow of the Vatican, and the
crowd held aloft a multitude of national flags that
shimmered in the spring sunlight.
"Pray for me, that I may learn to love the Lord more and
more. Pray for me, that I may learn to love his flock more
and more -- in other
words, you, the holy Church, each one of you and all of you
together", the Pontiff said in his homily.
"I specially like the homily, like always. Practically a
political plan, very nice, very realistic, and it was very
close to the youths. So now we put our hope in him- we
feel a lot of emotion and want to be together with others",
said Liliana Wamer from Argentina.
Security was again tight, as it was for the funeral
mass for John Paul. Rome shut its airspace, blocked off
roads and had anti-aircraft missiles and a NATO plane
guarding against attack.
The shy Pope, who used to be John Paul's top doctrinal
overseer, has been slowly growing more comfortable in his
new role since his election, making brief outings where he
has been mobbed by wellwishers.
At the end of the mass, he drove around the vast St.
Peter's Square in an open-topped car and greeted the
faithful, giving him an early taste of the sort of crowds
that are likely to follow him throughout his papacy.
Fewer world leaders were at the Mass than at John
Paul's funeral, which with 2,500 dignitaries resembled a
summit of the world's powerful, but the attendance list was
still long.
Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and President Horst
Koehler were heading the German delegation. The U.S. group
was led by
Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, brother of U.S. President George W.
Bush and a convert to Roman Catholicism.
The guest list included Spain's King Juan Carlos and
Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, the spiritual head
of the Anglican Communion. Also present was Benedict's
brother Georg, 81 and also a priest.
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