Blank blank in the Systine Chapel: Habemus Papam
Gavota mother became the unlikely protagonist of the conclave who elected the new Pope.
On Thursday, millions of people from around the world were waiting for the new Pope’s announcement when, seconds before the expected white smoke from the sistine chaminé, signaling, what many are facing as a omen happened.
Just about 39 seconds before From the smoke “saying” Habemus Papam, a seagull emerged on the roof of the apostolic palace and “vomited” a rat to feed his child, stealing the protagonism and immediately becoming a meme on social networks.
The scene was broadcast live by the various international television channel chambers and the seagull was the unlikely protagonist of the most solemn event in the Catholic Church.
At the very beginning of the video, a seagull is vomiting a rat so that its baby could have its meal.
39 seconds later, Pope is announced.
This is certainly an omen.
Time will tell us of what kind
– Tancredi Palmeri (@tancredipalmeri)
“This seagull will never know that it is being observed by possibly hundreds of cats around the world,” joked an X user, with a photograph of his cat watching the scene:
This seagull will never know that it being watched by possibly hundreds of cats around the world
– sasha sheko (@sashasheko)
Of course the behavior of this seagull is not unheard of: it is more than natural and known as food regurgitationa process through which parents partially digest food and then give it to the pups.
In addition, the seagulls are not debuting in conclaves. Already in 2013-and again in 2014-caught the attention of the press and the faithful when they came up in key moments in the Vatican.
This time, in addition to memes and jokes with expressions such as “We have gais“The bird pair was elevated the non -official symbol of the conclave, with some speculating about their role as“ mascots ”of the event.
