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Domenico Giani, head of the Vatican police, in glasses behind Pope Francis, looks on as the newly elected pontiff greets people after celebrating Mass at St. Anne's Parish within the Vatican March 17. Pope Francis' style of breaking away from his securit y detail and diving toward the crowds means his protectors have had to do a quick rewrite of strategy, sometimes on the spot.

Vatican security scrambling, yet prepared for pope's love of the scrum

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VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis' style of breaking away from his security detail and diving toward the crowds means his protectors have had to do a quick rewrite of strategy, sometimes on the spot.

Pope Francis, left, receives his ring from Cardinal Angelo Sodano, dean of the College of Cardinals, during his inaugural Mass in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican March 19.

Pope chooses silver ring, pallium style in keeping with predecessor

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VATICAN CITY - With his fisherman's ring and the pallium -- the main symbols of the Petrine office -- Pope Francis chose styles in continuity with two of his predecessors.

Pope Francis poses for photographs with the Vatican diplomatic corps during an audience in the Sala Regia of the Apostolic Palace.

Pope Francis to diplomats: Moral relativism endangers peace

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VATICAN CITY - Moral relativism "endangers the coexistence of peoples," Pope Francis told diplomats March 22, and said a common ethics based on human nature is an indispensable condition for world peace.

U.S. President Barack Obama tours the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, West Bank, March 22 with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, center; U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, third from left; and Bethlehem Mayor Vera Baboun, second from left.

Obama lights candles, prays at Bethlehem's Church of Nativity compound

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JERUSALEM - U.S. President Barack Obama, visiting the West Bank city of Bethlehem, stopped twice to light candles for his family and himself: first at the Church of Nativity grotto, where Christian tradition holds that Jesus was born, then at the adjacent Catholic Church of St. Catherine.

The headquarters of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is seen in Washington in this file photo. In comments filed March 20 with the Department of Health and Human Services, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops raised a series of concerns.

USCCB: New proposed rules on mandate still violate religious freedom

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WASHINGTON - New proposed regulations governing the contraceptive mandate under the U.S. Affordable Care Act continue to violate basic principles of religious freedom, said the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.

Philippine Cardinal Luis Tagle of Manila walks with Philippines' apostolic nuncio, Archbishop Giuseppe Pinto, after his arrival at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila March 21. Cardinal Tagle was returning from the Vatican after the inaugura l Mass of Pope Francis.

Cardinal Tagle says Pope told him he had 'high hopes' for Philippines

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MANILA, Philippines - Manila Cardinal Luis Tagle told journalists that when he went before newly elected Pope Francis to pledge obedience, the pope told him he had "high hopes" for the Philippines.

Pope Francis changes Holy Thursday plans to celebrate Mass in prison

Pope Francis changes Holy Thursday plans to celebrate Mass in prison

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VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis has decided to celebrate the Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord's Supper in a Rome juvenile detention facility and wash the feet of some of the young detainees.

In a message to Chief Rabbi Riccardo di Segni of Rome, Pope Francis said he plans renewed cooperation to further Catholic-Jewish relations.

Pope pledges renewed cooperation; Jewish leaders praise election

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VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis said he plans renewed cooperation to further Catholic-Jewish relations and hopes to contribute to a world where all people live in harmony with the "will of the creator."

esidents gather at the site of a car bomb attack in late February in Baghdad. A decade after the 2003 invasion of Iraq by U.S.-led forces, Catholic observers say America has broad responsibilities to the Iraqi people for reparations in the aftermath of war and long occupation.

U.S. responsibilities to Iraq many on 10th anniversary of 2003 invasion

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WASHINGTON - Attending the installation of Patriarch Louis Sako as the new leader of the Chaldean Catholic Church in Baghdad, Bishop Richard Pates of Des Moines, Iowa, looked around at the large crowd gathered in St. Joseph Cathedral and what he saw gave him a sense of hope.

Changes in style send clear message from Pope Francis

Changes in style send clear message from Pope Francis

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VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis had been pope for less than six days when he was formally installed March 19, but he had already made a distinctive and overwhelmingly favorable impression on the world.

The coat of arms of Pope Francis borrows much from his former episcopal emblem. On the blue shield is the symbol of the Society of Jesus. Below it is a five-pointed star and the buds of a spikenard flower, which represent respectively Mary and St. Joseph . The papal motto is the Latin phrase "Miserando atque eligendo," which means "because he saw him through the eyes of mercy and chose him" or more simply, "having mercy, he called him." The phrase comes from a homily by St. Bede.

Vatican releases papal coat of arms, motto by English doctor of church

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VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis' papal motto is based on the Gospel account of "The Call of St. Matthew," the tax collector, in a homily given by St. Bede the Venerable.

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