VATICAN CITY
World Bulletin
Italian journalist Giovanna Chirri, who announced the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI to the world, described the moment of writing the news and said, “When I was writing the news for publishing, one side of me said ‘do it’ and the other said, ‘you might be doing a mistake’.”
Giovanna Chirri, The Vatican correspondent of the Italian news agency ANSA, told the story of the news in regards to the Pope’s resignation to AA.
Chirru, who knew Latin, was following the ceremony of the “Consistory for the canonization of the martyrs of Otranto” when the Pope made the announcement of his resignation.
“The Pope made a detailed speech in Latin. He was talking about the need to restructure the Conclave process. It was very clear, however; we did not have his text of speech. We weren’t expecting this. When I was writing the news for publishing, one side of me said ‘do it’ and the other said, ‘you might be doing a mistake’. It was a little difficult,” Chirri said.
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