OFFICIALS MODERATE THEIR LIFESTYLE TO FOLLOW POPE FRANCIS' PUBLIC EXAMPLES

Taking their cue from the public example of the new pope, Vatican officials have already begun to moderate their lifestyle, shunning the large fleet of luxury cars for taxis to get around Rome, media reports say. "The pope, who is used to taking the minibus with his Cardinal brethren, standing in line for breakfast at the self-service restaurant in the Domus Sancta Martha (the Vatican hotel) and settling his hotel bill in person, could look out of the window and see that he is surrounded by people who are not getting the drift and not following suit," reported La Stampa. "Self-reform has started."

Meanwhile, Pope Francis gave his first Angelus on Sunday, to an audience of some 200,000. The Angelus is an ancient short Christian devotion, which the Pope gives after a short message every Sunday. World leaders or representatives, from US vice president Joe Biden to Zimbabwean strong man Robert Mugabe, are arriving in or on their way to Rome for the pope's inauguration Mass on Tuesday. The pope has advised Argentine bishops not to travel to the inauguration, but to donate the airfare money to the poor.

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