| ID | 125213 |
| Title Proper | Pope Francis |
| Other Title Information | resurrecting Catholicism's image? |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Flamini, Roland |
| Publication | 2013. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Piled in the storeroom of a leading shoemaker in Rome are several pairs of new, red leather shoes, in different styles and various sizes and half-sizes. Among them are the shoes intended for the new Fisher of Men of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis. But the freshly minted pontiff immediately dispensed with the tradition of wearing red shoes, preferring to keep his sturdy, well-worn black cap toes. He also rejected the ermine-trimmed, elbow-length red cape worn by popes before him, buttoned down the front, and known as a mozzetta; and he kept his own iron pectoral cross in preference to the offered gold one. When the former Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, lately archbishop of Buenos Aires, appeared for the first time on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica on a rainy March 13th evening, he wore the white papal cassock and, speaking good Italian, told the huge crowd that the cardinals in the conclave had chosen him "from almost the end of the world." |
| `In' analytical Note | World Affairs US Vol. 176, No.3; Sep-Oct 2013: p.25-33 |
| Journal Source | World Affairs US Vol. 176, No.3; Sep-Oct 2013: p.25-33 |
| Key Words | Pope Francis ; Catholicism ; Roman Catholic Church ; Vatican |