Audience with Pope Benedict

On Wednesday, November 22nd we took the train at 7:27am for Rome to go to the Vatican for Pope Benedict's audience at St. Peter's Basilica. There were 50,000 people in the St. Peter's Square. We were on the staircase near the Pope. He arrived at 10:30am with lots of cheers and applause. After greeting the people from his Pope-mobile, he sat on his papal chair under a canopy. There were prayers and reading from the Epistle of St. Paul in various languages. Then Pope Benedict addressed the people in Spanish, German, English and Italian commenting on St. Paul's message of meeting Christ. It rained during the ceremony and most of the crowd remained for his Holiness blessings.