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Pope Pays Hotel Bill, Picks Up His Own Bags

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Friday, 15 March 2013

Newly elected pope Francis is already proving a modest representative of the church that aims to be close to the people, by picking up his bags at the hotel he was staying at and actually paying his own bill. After the honor of ruling over 1.2 billion Roman Catholics is bestowed upon us, not many of us would swing back to the hotel and do these things ourselves, since there is no doubt about the fact that many people would be glad to do them for us. Argentinian Cardi...
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Source: Associated Press
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Humility on Display for Pope's First Day

Pope Francis put his humility on display during his first day as pontiff Thursday, stopping by his hotel to pick up his luggage and pay the bill himself in a decidedly different style of papacy than his tradition-minded predecessor. (March 14)

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