The ceremony takes place in Rome in the presence of more than 200,000 faithful
In Rome, “today is a holiday”
“Our party should not end!” And it won’t end! »He sang his head killing, touching his hands, Nicola Nicefaro, with a group of faithful from the Naples region, a few minutes before the start of the ceremony. “Today is a holiday, yes. Because François found the Lord. We are Catholics! We believe in the resurrection!” He exclaimed this 47 -year -old teacher.
From François, he recalls with emotion the first words pronounced on the balcony of the Basilica Saint-Pierre, on the day of his choice, in 2013: “Brothers and sisters, good night!” » For Nicola, it was a revelation: “This simplicity! We immediately understood that he would be our Pope, a Pope near the people! I heard somewhere that he only had 100 euros in his bank account, and I believe in it.”
The faithful, of Calabraise origin, dream of a successor that is in the François line and that the church of “All who hurt him” : Authors’ abuse, priests “Closed” or excessively conservative … for Nicola, “The Church as an institution is in crisis, but the true church is us”He said, designating a place full of people, full of a wide movement of the arm, where the faithful of all ages are full of all the world, in an atmosphere marked by the enthusiasm of being together.
Like François in his time, he is very critical of clericalism, that is, the weight of ecclesiastical hierarchies in the life of the Church: “On Sunday, I go to church to feel the presence of the Lord, not for the priest, the bishop or the Pope!” The Church is made of men and, therefore, of sinners. François fought for his ideas inside him, and his fight must continue. »