Popes

What if you walk the streets of Vatican and see double.

We remember looking at Benedict XIV voluntarily leaving his mandate in 2013 to the next Pope, Francis, while both were still alive. We were also there hearing: ‘That has never happened before in the whole history.’ Was it? Not really.
In 1294, Celestine V left after four months to Boniface VIII.

As far as we can state, history happened again.
For the second time, we’re witnessing two living popes on earth.

Reportage for C-41 Magazine