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Whispers in the Loggia
Notice something different there?
(Hint: No Cufflink.)
Normally, a detail of the sort would would be seen as frivolous. In the modern papacy, though, symbolism is substance – and in these first days of a new “Franciscan Rule,” so it seems, the world is eating up every last bit.
On another dress-note, meanwhile, much as the new Pope’s sticking with his black shoes has caused a stir, his reluctance to change too much extends under the white cassock, to boot: the Argentine pontiff’s preferences don’t just make his wearing black pants visible through the garment, but likewise highlight the untucked tails of his white dress-shirt.
In other words, the lack of fuss isn’t just a show for the world. But having declined the Archbishop’s Residence in Buenos Aires for a flat where he did his own cooking, and riding around the city on buses and subways without an entourage, that was fairly well-established.
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