thank you very much, monseigneur. it is coming up on 6:00 p.m. in rome.he sun setting in castel gandolfo. we see the long shadows of the early evening coming across st. peter's square. nor norah, i wonder as you watched this for the first time in 600 years, it was an amazing moment in history, what did you think as you thought of this pope leaving the papacy. >> incredibly historic. it was a short nearly eight year tenure that was dogged by scandal, called for change and very difficult moments with the sex abuse scandal. but he ended this saying just there, i am simply a pilgrim who is ending his pass on this earth. the next chapper will be written by many cardinals who will start next week choosing the next pope. >> yesterday the pope talked about how there had been joy and light in his papacy but also difficult times times he described as being when the lord was asleep and, clearly, this is a man who has some joy and some burden off of his shoulders at this point. norah, thank you very much for being here. >>> this was an extraordinary moment for cathol