“I saw some rare signs, cooked the cake in two votes”

Although the conference on choosing the new Pope is always surrounded by maximum secret, Francisco has been relieved in an interview in 2019 How was your preference to be a Bondif in 2013. In that interview, he admitted that the election was not expected and that he was surprised. “The voting event is interesting. There are strong candidates, but many people do not know how to vote, and then six or seven,” he acknowledged that he felt about 40 votes in favor.

“Yes. I had a few votes deposit. But there was nothing. Nothing in the afternoon. Then something happened in the lunch. I found some rare signs. They ask me about health, for those things … when we returned in the afternoon, the cake was cooked and everything was finished. It was a surprise for me, ”he said.

To the Brazisco interviewer, he told the Brazilian Cardinal Hammas, a personal friend and next to a basic person at the conference: “In the first vote in the afternoon, When I saw it was impossible to changeNext to me was the cardinal humus, I approached and said, ‘Don’t worry, so the Holy Spirit is acting.’ I was just fun. “

Another detail of calculated cardinals applause Core It is necessary to announce the new pope. “In the second referendum, when two -thirds were reached, it always appreciates, appreciates all stages and follows the study. He (Hum) kissed me and He told me ‘Don’t forget the poor’ That was the reason for choosing the name, ”Francisco said, he was always very poverty throughout his bonfigate.

The referendum “prayed for the prayer” and “I had a lot of silence” interior: “For me, it was a sign that God wanted it. Peace. I have not lost it to this day.”

Francisco explained after selective Broke the established protocol.

He also admits that he did not know what to say in his first speech after selecting the Pope: “We went to pray to Paulina Chapel, and then I left I don’t know what I’m going to say Well, everything else is witnesses. “

At the immediate convention at the Vatican, The Cartnell Kevin Joseph FarrellIt is in charge of the prawns of the church of the vacant headquarters, to oversee the procedures and ensure that everything that is happening in the Sistine Chapel is confidential.