Eighty thousand in the square for the Pope and Blanco; the children’s party that tastes of freedom

Sold out, with the feeling – nice – of being in the world of yesterday. Beyond the Pope’s embrace, beyond Blanco who sang “Blu Celeste”, beyond the wonderfully blue sky, the day of teenagers in St. Peter’s Square, eighty thousand girls and boys amazed at being so many, so close, so crowded, often embraced, marked (we hope) the true farewell to the pandemic.