He ended his sometimes somber, sometimes jocular remarks at the Holy Thursday Mass with what he said was his message for God.
He hung this on the wall next to The Wages of Sin, a pedestal table dripping with candles in rainbow hues, as though audiences were standing before a holy shrine at mass, a nod to his Catholic upbringing.
"I'm kind of happy they're over because we came here to elect a pope and we'll start it tomorrow with the holy sacrifice of the Mass, then into the conclave and look for the white smoke!"
Instead, as Pope Francis, will celebrate Mass on Holy Thursday in St Peter's Basilica, and will wash the feet of prisoners in a youth detention centre in Rome, continuing a pre-Easter practice he began while archbishop of Buenos Aires.
It said that Pope Francis would also celebrate Mass earlier on Holy Thursday in St Peter's Basilica.
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"Unless you have local owners, there is no reason to expect that money to be spent in the local economy, " said Victor A. Matheson, an economist at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Mass.
He is due to celebrate mass in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, on the site where Jesus is said to have been crucified, buried and resurrected.
The act of foot-washing at the Mass of the Lord's Supper on Holy Thursday is part of the Christian tradition that mirrors Jesus' washing of his disciples' feet.
Federico Lombardi, a Vatican spokesman, said last week that the Holy See did not formally invite diplomatic missions to attend the Mass, instead simply informing countries through diplomatic channels that the event is taking place.
In the event of places being over-subscribed, the school takes a variety of factors into account including observance of Sunday Mass, whether the candidate has received his first Holy Communion and the extent to which the applicant fulfils the Church's requirements regarding baptism.
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Holy Week tourists too excited to sleep after Saturday night's Easter Vigil mass ends, at around 2 am, could stay up another five hours or so for more revelry the morning of Easter Sunday.
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