{"id":72549,"date":"2020-06-14T17:28:38","date_gmt":"2020-06-14T17:28:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/twitchy.com\/2013\/02\/17\/pics-video-huge-crowd-as-outgoing-pope-benedict-xvi-blesses-thousands-in-st-peters-square\/"},"modified":"2020-06-14T17:28:38","modified_gmt":"2020-06-14T17:28:38","slug":"pics-video-huge-crowd-as-outgoing-pope-benedict-xvi-blesses-thousands-in-st-peters-square","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/archives\/72549","title":{"rendered":"Pics, video: Huge crowd as outgoing Pope Benedict XVI blesses thousands in St. Peter’s Square"},"content":{"rendered":"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/CatholicNewsSvc\/status\/303096527562342400\n

Wow! A huge crowd gathered in St. Peter’s Square for Pope Benedict XVI’s first blessing and window appearance after announcing that he would step down<\/a> at the end of this month.<\/p>\n\n\n

VATICAN CITY (AP) – Pope Benedict XVI blessed thousands at St. Peter’s Square for the first time since announcing his resignation.<\/p>\n

— Beshanda Spencer (@allaboutnews) February 17, 2013<\/a><\/p>\n

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Thousands gather in St Peter’s Square as #Pope<\/a> Benedict XVI makes window appearance bbc.in\/YpxW6v<\/a><\/p>\n

— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) February 17, 2013<\/a><\/p>\n

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More from BBC News:<\/a><\/p>\n

The Pope appeared at his study window overlooking St Peter’s Square at 11:00 GMT, his first such appearance since announcing his resignation last Monday.<\/p>\n

The crowd erupted into loud applause and there were chants of “Long live the Pope”.<\/p>\n

One banner in the square read: “We love you”.<\/p>\n\n\n

Vatican crowd is emotional for Pope Benedict XVI’s penultimate Angelus blessing – cbsn.ws\/14ZJBgo<\/a><\/p>\n

— CBS News (@CBSNews) February 17, 2013<\/a><\/p>\n

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On-scene photos and video were quickly posted to Twitter.<\/p>\n\n\n

The love and thanks of the people for @pontifex<\/a> MT@PCCS_VA: Angelus today (Foto Osservatore Romano) twitter.com\/PCCS_VA\/status…<\/a><\/p>\n

— Stephanie Potter (@Sjgpotter) February 17, 2013<\/a><\/p>\n

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Amazing.<\/p>\n\n\n

Huge crowd in St Peter’s Sq right now for Pope B’a 2nd to last Angelus twitter.com\/abcdavid\/statu…<\/a><\/p>\n

— David Wright (@abcdavid) February 17, 2013<\/a><\/p>\n

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Thousands in St. Peter’s Square to see Pope Benedict twitter.com\/a_satur\/status…<\/a><\/p>\n

— alanna satur (@a_satur) February 17, 2013<\/a><\/p>\n

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Pope Benedict bless people from St Peter’s Square window as he is about abdict – unitymedianews.com\/2013\/02\/17\/pop…<\/a> twitter.com\/unitymedianews…<\/a><\/p>\n

— Unity Media News (@unitymedianews1) February 17, 2013<\/a><\/p>\n

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Saint Peter’s Square: the Angelus! #pope<\/a> #vatican<\/a> #BXVI<\/a> twitter.com\/marcoscandelli…<\/a><\/p>\n

— Marco Scandelli (@marcoscandelli) February 17, 2013<\/a><\/p>\n

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Raw: Pope Blesses Thousands at St. Peter’s Sq.: youtu.be\/2TXE6nzFRZk<\/a> via @youtube<\/a><\/p>\n

— BerndPulch (@Pulch) February 17, 2013<\/a><\/p>\n

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The pope has no other public appearances scheduled this week.<\/p>\n\n\n

Pope will enter retreat this evening; he has no public appointments for a week. twitter.com\/CatholicNewsSv…<\/a><\/p>\n

— Catholic News Svc (@CatholicNewsSvc) February 17, 2013<\/a><\/p>\n

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