Brothers and sisters, the Lord give you peace. Living in our formation house in Rome, if one looks through my office window, you will see the dome of Saint Peter’s in all its glory right there in front of you. I was keeping a close eye on that chimney just like many people throughout the world, on a live internet feed, when all of a sudden, the white smoke appeared indicating the Holy Father was elected, and I could hear the shouts of joy from the friary. As soon as I stepped out onto the street to make my way down to Saint Peter’s Square, our entire street was full of people running to now get a good glimpse of who the new pope would be. Some estimates place the attendance to close to two-hundred thousand. It was an exciting kind of chaos, and certainly a holy one. A crammed event with no trampling. Quite something.