As it happened, it was the pope’s last day on Earth.
Pope Francis relished dramatic moments, and this turned out to be his curtain call: an Easter Sunday crowd filling a sunny St. Peter’s Square, eyes on the loggia. And the chant: “Papa, papa!” Pope, pope!
The red curtains parted. Francis was wheeled to the balcony.
He looked weak, but present. Struggling to raise his right arm, the pope gave what amounted to a final salute to the Catholic world.
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