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Beacool

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5. I like this Pope a lot already.
Tue Mar 19, 2013, 10:53 AM
Mar 2013

A gold plated ring? Benedict wouldn't have been caught dead wearing one. He loved the accoutrements of the job (the fancy cassocks, the red shoes, etc.). After he was elected a Vatican usher offered Francis an ermine trimmed velvet cloak to wear, he rejected it and told the usher that he could wear it himself. Not only humble, but with a sense of humor.

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