The purple bearers welcomed the new Pontifex with a long applause. The meeting took place behind closed doors.
“You, dear cardinals, are the closest employees of the Pope, and this is a great consolation for me when I take a yoke on me that obviously goes far beyond my strength, how it goes beyond the forces of everyone.
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Your presence reminds me that the gentleman who entrusted me with this task does not leave me alone to take responsibility, “said the new Pope in his speech to the cardinals.
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