Sanducero witnessed the historical moment in which they presented Pope Leo XIV – Diario El Telegrafo

Miles approached the Plaza de San Pedro after the White Smoking, and in the official transmission an image excited the Uruguayans: the Uruguayan flag waved by a compatriot. It was Alfredo Dolce Guevari, Sanducero, who in dialogue with Telegrafo related his unique experience from the Vatican. Dolce is found in Italy as a reference for the Ítalodescente community in Paysandú, participating in demonstrations against the Tajani decree that affects the transmission of Italian citizenship. “We had planned to make a demonstration last Saturday and then hold meetings with deputies and senators. While we were organizing all this Pope Francis died,” he said. “And if you are in Rome and are about to choose the Pope, what you have to do is go as many times as necessary to the Vatican,” he added. He attended from the first day of the conclave and lived the anxiety and emotion of each day. “The moment I arrived two minutes ago that the black smoking in the morning had left, and I thought if it had been white and had arrived late … I died,” he recalled. The key day, remained in the square early. “It was time and as I was early I could get close, about three meters from the barrier,” he said. “Seconds of Uruguay’s 13.07 … the White Smay began, without warning, and it was crazy,” he said excitedly. In the middle of the crowd, its Uruguayan flag appeared in the international transmission. “At the touch, messages began to arrive at my relatives and my partner that they had seen me with the flag; and I also began to receive messages from people congratulating me or wondering how I felt.” “I couldn’t do alive, just record, because connectivity was bewildered,” he explained. After the appearance of the new Pope Leo XIV, a festive and spiritual atmosphere was lived. “They made notes like six media around the world … I felt blessed to have been there,” he said. “It’s something very intimate and difficult to convey, but you feel that you were there.”