OH MY GOSH YOU GUYS!!!! Earlier today, as I was sitting in my apartment, a mere 6.9 kilometers (that's about 4.2 miles to my Western readers), from the Vatican itself, I heard the big news. The Pope is resigning!!! My first thoughts, can you even do that? Second thoughts, OMG I'M IN ROME.
I have the opportunity to be a part of history! The Pope officially steps down on February 28th and reports are saying the cardinals will choose a new one by the middle of March. I'm going to have the opportunity to see the smoke signaling the decision and the new Pope emerging from the balcony. History in the making.
The funniest thing about all of this is that my mom TOTALLY predicted it. Kind of. Way back over winter break, when the idea of Allison in Rome was still not clicking in my head, my mom stopped and said this to me:
"What if they have to pick a new Pope when you're over there?"
My response, "That's awful!" (Obviously assuming she meant his death- which granted she did...)
"I don't know, you never know!"
Wow... you never know indeed.
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