In his inaugural homily an address that popes have traditionally used to set the tone for their papacy Pope Francis cast himself as a custodian and servant of the Church.

WSJ: Pope Celebrates Inaugural Mass

The people who chose him as their target and the UN knew that he was the most effective international civil servant in the country, and I might add to all people watching tonight in the United Kingdom, a very great man, whose loss is immense to all of us.

BBC: Richard Holbrooke

MPs have a free vote on their own pay (although not for much longer, as the government has asked a senior civil servant to recommend a less inflammatory alternative).

ECONOMIST: Public-sector pay disputes