Pope Francis living simple life in Domus
Santa Marta
(Vatican Radio) Director of the Holy See’s
Press Office Father Lombardi told the
journalists that after his election in the
Sistine Chapel, Pope Francis didn’t sit on
the special throne chair to receive the
oath of obedience and homage from his
brother cardinals but stood instead.
When it came to his attire, Francis wore a
simple white cassock with no red
“mozzetta” (cape) and also chose to wear
his own simple pectoral cross.
Father Lombardi also made clear that the
new Pope should be known as Francis, not
Francis the First, given that he is the first
Pope to choose this name in honor of St
Francis of Assisi.
The Director of the Holy See’s press office
also revealed another incident that made
clear Pope Francis’s desire to avoid pomp
when it came to the ride back to the Santa
Marta Hotel after his election. He said a
“special papal limousine” with the number
plates SCV I had been prepared for the
new Pope but he declined to ride in it back
to the hotel, saying he preferred to go
back in the bus along with all the other
cardinals.
Father Lombardi also revealed how
following his visit to St. Mary Major, Pope
Francis went to the Casa del Clero in
Rome’s Via Della Scrofa, (a guest house for
priests) where he had been staying before
the start of the conclave and collected his
luggage and paid the bill for his room,
saying he wanted “to give a good example
to others.”
He said Pope Francis had spoken by
telephone to Benedict XVI after his
election but there are no immediate plans
for the two men to meet in person.
More details on the way Pope Francis is
living the papacy emerged: At the Domus
Santa Marta, the Pope just sits where
there is a place available in the dining hall.
He concelebrated Mass in the Domus
Santa Marta Friday morning with several of
the Cardinals, and he gave a homily
without a prepared text.
It was confirmed that on Wednesday
evening, Pope Francis called the Apostolic
Nuncio in Argentina to tell him to tell the
people of the country not to come to the
Installation Mass and to use the money to
help the poor. The Nuncio also informed
Father Lombardi that many people of
Argentina are going to confession for the
first time in many years.

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