Analysis of Pope Benedict XVI's farewell Angelus

The text is part of the last Angelus of Pope Benedict XVI, before that he left his clerical office.
In the text, just in the first part, is very diffused the typical of Christian predication: "Dear brothers and sisters". This phrase reveals the spiritual link between the Pope and the believers.
The text isn't composed only by the Pope' words: you can divided the it into four part:

- a part of Pope's Angelus
- the witness of a journalist
- a translation of Vatican Radio
- a given interpretation to Luke's Gospel

First part:

Benedict XVI says he will leave his position "to devote myself even more to prayer and meditation" and he reassures the believers that his choice is asked by God: "If God is asking me to do this" and "The Lord is calling me". At the end he says he takes this decision because of his physiological problems: "better suited to my age and my strength".

Second part:

The journalist tries to reproduce by his voice what it's happening in St Peter's basilica and the enormous number of believer that come from over the world: "They had come in their thousands".

Third part:

The Vatican Radio translates Pope's words while he is talking about an episode from Luke's Gospel. The quotation by saint Augustine has the function to underline the "love for God".

Fourth part:

In this part there is the Pope's interpretation about Luke's Gospel. This interpretation has the function to underline the cause of his leaving: "The Lord is calling me to climb the mountain".