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About half an hour before the Mass, Francis toured the square in the [[popemobile]] to greet the crowds. He stopped and left the popemobile once to kiss a disabled man.
About half an hour before the Mass, Francis toured the square in the [[popemobile]] to greet the crowds. He stopped and left the popemobile once to kiss a disabled man.


Pope Francis used a [[miter]] that he has had since he was bishop. His [[chasuble]] matched the miter. He used the same [[crosier]] that [[Benedict XVI]] used. In contrast to Benedict XVI's grand liturgical sense, Pope Francis kept the songs and liturgical actions simple. According to Cardinal [[Timothy Dolan]], Pope Francis's lack of singing during Mass is attributed to him having only one lung.<ref>{{cite web|author=&nbsp; |url=http://www.ny1.com/content/special_reports/papal_election_2013/178943/dolan--pope-francis-healthy-enough-to-lead-world-s-catholics |title=Dolan: Pope Francis Healthy Enough To Lead World's Catholics |publisher=NY1.com |date= |accessdate=2013-03-22}}</ref>
Pope Francis used a [[mitre]] that he has had since he was bishop. His [[chasuble]] matched the miter. He used the same [[crosier]] that [[Benedict XVI]] used. In contrast to Benedict XVI's grand liturgical sense, Pope Francis kept the songs and liturgical actions simple. According to Cardinal [[Timothy Dolan]], Pope Francis's lack of singing during Mass is attributed to him having only one lung.<ref>{{cite web|author=&nbsp; |url=http://www.ny1.com/content/special_reports/papal_election_2013/178943/dolan--pope-francis-healthy-enough-to-lead-world-s-catholics |title=Dolan: Pope Francis Healthy Enough To Lead World's Catholics |publisher=NY1.com |date= |accessdate=2013-03-22}}</ref>


The Pope was given a lamb's wool shawl ([[pallium]]) and a [[Fisherman's Ring]] as symbols of his papacy. As in previous papal inaugurations, the current cardinal [[protodeacon]], Cardinal [[Jean-Louis Tauran]], bestowed the pallium on the Pope.<ref>* {{YouTube|id=L8UkpJI-6hM|title=Inaugural Mass of the Pontificate (Vatican video of Pope Francis' papal inauguration}}</ref> The ring is of gold-plated silver and not gold as his predecessors wore.<ref name="cnn"/> Six cardinals then approached Pope Francis to profess their obedience on behalf of the [[College of Cardinals]]. In previous ceremonies, all the cardinals did so.<ref>{{cite news|last=Jaffe|first=Matthew|title=Thousands Pack St. Peter's Square for Pope Francis' Inaugural Mass |url=http://abcnews.go.com/International/thousands-pack-st-peters-square-pope-francis-inaugural/story?id=18759272 |accessdate=21 March 2013|newspaper=ABC News|date=19 March 2013}}</ref>
The Pope was given a lamb's wool shawl ([[pallium]]) and a [[Fisherman's Ring]] as symbols of his papacy. As in previous papal inaugurations, the current cardinal [[protodeacon]], Cardinal [[Jean-Louis Tauran]], bestowed the pallium on the Pope.<ref>* {{YouTube|id=L8UkpJI-6hM|title=Inaugural Mass of the Pontificate (Vatican video of Pope Francis' papal inauguration}}</ref> The ring is of gold-plated silver and not gold as his predecessors wore.<ref name="cnn"/> Six cardinals then approached Pope Francis to profess their obedience on behalf of the [[College of Cardinals]]. In previous ceremonies, all the cardinals did so.<ref>{{cite news|last=Jaffe|first=Matthew|title=Thousands Pack St. Peter's Square for Pope Francis' Inaugural Mass |url=http://abcnews.go.com/International/thousands-pack-st-peters-square-pope-francis-inaugural/story?id=18759272 |accessdate=21 March 2013|newspaper=ABC News|date=19 March 2013}}</ref>

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File:Misa de inauguración del Pontificado del Papa Francisco.jpg
The Inauguration Mass

The Papal inauguration of Pope Francis was a religious event held on 19 March 2013 in St. Peter's Square in the Vatican. Holy Mass was celebrated by Pope Francis before political and religious leaders from around the world.[1][2][3] The crowd was estimated at 200,000.

Ceremony

Pope Francis waving to the crowds after the Mass

About half an hour before the Mass, Francis toured the square in the popemobile to greet the crowds. He stopped and left the popemobile once to kiss a disabled man.

Pope Francis used a mitre that he has had since he was bishop. His chasuble matched the miter. He used the same crosier that Benedict XVI used. In contrast to Benedict XVI's grand liturgical sense, Pope Francis kept the songs and liturgical actions simple. According to Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Pope Francis's lack of singing during Mass is attributed to him having only one lung.[4]

The Pope was given a lamb's wool shawl (pallium) and a Fisherman's Ring as symbols of his papacy. As in previous papal inaugurations, the current cardinal protodeacon, Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, bestowed the pallium on the Pope.[5] The ring is of gold-plated silver and not gold as his predecessors wore.[6] Six cardinals then approached Pope Francis to profess their obedience on behalf of the College of Cardinals. In previous ceremonies, all the cardinals did so.[7]

According to a Vatican spokesperson between 150,000 and 200,000 people attended.[6][8]

Homily

In his homily Pope Francis focused on the Solemnity of Saint Joseph, the liturgical day on which the Mass was celebrated. He stated that everyone needs to care for the earth and for each other as Joseph cared for Jesus and Mary. He set forth a plan of his own actions: "The pope, too, when exercising power, must enter ever more fully into that service, which has its radiant culmination on the cross."[8][9]

Official delegations

132 nations and international organizations sent delegations to the inauguration. The delegations included 6 sovereign rulers, 31 heads of state, 3 princes, and 11 heads of government.[6]

List of official delegations (in alphabetical order, incomplete):

States

Giorgio Napolitano and his wife Clio greet Pope Francis
David Lloyd Johnston with Jason Kenney, and Marc Ouellet the night before
Country Flag Official delegation Titles References
Andorra Flag of Andorra Joan Enric Vives Sicília Co-Prince
Albania Flag of Albania Sali Berisha Prime Minister
Armenia Flag of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan President
Argentina Flag of Argentina Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner President
Austria Flag of Austria Heinz Fischer
Margit Fischer
Werner Faymann
Michael Spindelegger		 President
First Lady
Chancellor
Vice Chancellor
Bahrain Flag of Bahrain Abdullah bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa Prince
Belarus Flag of Belarus Anatoly Rubinov
Sergey Aleinik		 Chair of the Council of the Republic
Belarusian Ambassador to the Vatican		 [10]
Belgium Flag of Belgium Albert II
Paola
Elio Di Rupo		 King
Queen
Prime Minister
Bosnia and Herzegovina Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina Vjekoslav Bevanda
Zlatko Lagumdžija
Sredoje Nović
Eugen Šušak 		Prime Minister
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Minister of Civil Affairs
Head of the Cabinet of the Prime Minister		 [11]
Brazil Flag of Brazil Dilma Rousseff President
Canada Flag of Canada David Lloyd Johnston
Jason Kenney		 Governor-General
Minister for Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism
Chile Flag of Chile Sebastian Pinera President
Colombia Flag of Colombia Maria Angela Holguin Minister of Foreign Affairs
Costa Rica Flag of Costa Rica Laura Chinchilla President
Croatia Flag of Croatia Ivo Josipović
Tatjana Josipović
Vesna Pusić		 President
First Lady
First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs		 [12]
Cuba Cuba Miguel Díaz-Canel First Vice President [13]
Czech Republic Flag of the Czech Republic Karel Schwarzenberg Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs [14]
Ecuador Ecuador Rafael Correa President [15]
Egypt Flag of Egypt Mohamed Saber Arab Culture Minister
France France Jean-Marc Ayrault
Laurent Fabius		 Prime Minister
Minister of Foreign and European Affairs
Germany Germany Winfried Kretschmann
Angela Merkel
Philipp Rösler
Norbert Lammert		 President of the Bundesrat
Chancellor
Vice Chancellor
President of the Bundestag
Honduras Flag of Honduras Porfirio Lobo Sosa President
Italy Italy Giorgio Napolitano
Clio Maria Bittoni
Mario Monti
Laura Boldrini
Pietro Grasso
 President
First Lady
Prime Minister
President of the Chamber of Deputies
President of the Senate
India India P. J. Kurien Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman [16]
Ireland Flag of Ireland Michael D. Higgins
Michael Noonan		 President
Minister for Finance
Japan Flag of Japan Yoshiro Mori Former Prime Minister
Lebanon Flag of Lebanon Nagib Miqati Prime Minister
Lithuania Flag of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė President
Luxembourg Flag of Luxembourg Henri
Maria Teresa		 Grand Duke
Grand Duchess
Malta Malta George Abela
Joseph Muscat
Lawrence Gonzi		 President
Prime Minister
Opposition leader		 [17]
Mexico Flag of Mexico Enrique Peña Nieto
Angélica Rivera		 President
First Lady
Monaco Flag of Monaco Albert II
Charlene		 Prince
Princess
Netherlands Flag of the Netherlands Willem-Alexander
Máxima
Mark Rutte		 Prince of Orange
Princess
Prime Minister
New Zealand New Zealnd Chris Finlayson Cabinet minister
Nicaragua Nicaragua Omar Halleslevens Vice President [18]
Nigeria Flag of Nigeria David Mark
Stella Oduah-Ogiemwonyi
Viola Onwuliri		 President of the Senate
Minister of Aviation
Minister of State		 [19]
Paraguay Flag of Paraguay Federico Franco President
Peru Flag of Peru Rafael Roncagliolo Minister of Foreign Affairs
Philippines Philippines Jejomar Binay Vice President [20]
Poland Poland Bronisław Komorowski
Anna Komorowska
Bogdan Borusewicz
Lech Wałęsa
Jacek Cichocki		 President
First Lady
Speaker in the Senate
Former President
Director of the Prime Minister's Office		 [21]
Portugal Flag of Portugal Anibal Cavaco Silva President
Romania Flag of Romania Traian Băsescu President
Russia Flag of Russia Sergey Naryshkin Chairman of the State Duma
San Marino Flag of San Marino Pasquale Valentini State Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Politics [22]
Serbia Flag of Serbia Tomislav Nikolić
Ivan Mrkić		 President
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Singapore Singapore Grace Fu Minister in Prime Minister's Office, Second Minister for the Environment and Water Resources, Second Minister for Foreign Affairs [23]
Slovakia Slovakia Ivan Gašparovič President [24]
Slovenia Slovenia Borut Pahor President
South Korea Flag of South Korea Yoo Jin-Ryong Culture Minister
Spain Flag of the Spain Felipe
Letizia
Mariano Rajoy		 Prince of Asturias
Princess of Asturias
Prime Minister		 [25]
Sri Lanka Flag of Sri Lanka Neomal Perera
Sarath Kumara Gunaratna
John Amaratunga		 Deputy Minister of External Affairs
Deputy Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources
Member of the Parliament		 [26]
Switzerland Flag of Switzerland Didier Burkhalter Federal Councillor [27]
Republic of China
(Taiwan) 		Taiwan Ma Ying-jeou
Christine Chow Mei-ching
Vanessa Shih		 President
First Lady
Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs
Ukraine Ukraine Kostyantyn Hryshchenko Deputy Prime Minister [28]
United Kingdom United Kingdom Prince Richard
Birgitte
Baroness Warsi
Kenneth Clarke
 Representing the Queen
Representing the Queen
Senior Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and Minister for Faith and Communities
Minister without Portfolio		 [29]
United States United States Joe Biden
Jill Biden
Nancy Pelosi
Susana Martinez		 Vice President
Second Lady
House Minority Leader, former Speaker
Governor of New Mexico
Venezuela Flag of Venezuela Diosdado Cabello Speaker of National Assembly [30]
Zimbabwe Flag of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe President

Taiwan's representation was opposed by China, which has asked the Vatican to end the diplomatic relations with the state.[31]

Barack Obama's choice of Joe Biden (accompanied by Nancy Pelosi) was considered controversial by some due to their open dissent from Catholic teaching on abortion, homosexual marriage, and other issues.[32]

International organizations

Organization Flag Official delegation Titles References
European Union Flag of the European Union Herman Van Rompuy
Jose Manuel Barroso
Martin Schulz		 President of the European Council
President of the European Commission
President of the European Parliment		 [33]
[34]
[35]
United Nations Flag of the United Nations José Graziano da Silva Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) [36]

Others

Subject Flag Official delegation Titles References
Sovereign Military Order of Malta Flag of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta Matthew Festing Prince and Grand Master [37]

Religious figures

Eastern Christian Churches

Church Official delegation Titles References
Orthodox Church of Constantinople Bartholomew I Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople [38]
Armenian Apostolic Church Karekin II Catholicos of All Armenians of the Armenian Apostolic Church [39]
Russian Orthodox Church Hilarion (Alfeyev) Department for External Church Relations of Moscow Partriarchate [40]
Serbian Orthodox Church Metropolitan Amfilohije (Radović) Metropolitan of Montenegro and the Littoral and Administrator of Eparchy of Buenos Aires (and Central and Southern America) [41]
Orthodox Church in America Metropolitan Tikhon Metropolitan of All America and Canada [42]

The attendance of the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople was an historic first. The Patriarch had not attended a papal inauguration since the Great Schism of 1054. In recognition of Bartholomew's historic gesture, the Pope's installation ceremony included a singing of a passage from the gospel in Greek, rather than in Latin. Orthodox leaders state that the decision of Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople to attend the ceremony shows that the relationship between the Orthodox and Catholic churches is a priority of his, but they also note that Francis's "well-documented work for social justice and his insistence that globalization is detrimental to the poor" may have created a "renewed opportunity" for the two church communities to "work collectively on issues of mutual concern."[43][44][45]

Anglican and Old Catholic

Church Official delegation Titles References
Church of England John Sentamu Archbishop of York [46]
Episcopal Church Pierre Whalon bishop-in-charge of the Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe
Union of Utrecht (Old Catholic) Joris Vercammen Archbishop of Utrecht [47]

Buddhist

Church Official delegation Titles References
Risshō Kōsei Kai Nichiko Niwano President [48]

Judaism

Church Official delegation Titles References
Italian Jewish Community Riccardo di Segni
Riccardo Pacifici		 Grand Rabbi of Rome
President of Rome's Jewish community
Chief Rabbinate of Israel Oded Wiener Director General [49]

Muslim

Community Official delegation Titles References
Islamic Community of Serbia Muhamed Jusufspahić Mufti of Serbia and Vice President of Rijaset of Islamic Community of Serbia
Islamic Community of Latin America Mohamed Youssef Hajar Secretary-General of the Islamic Organisation of Latin America

See also

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