"And that word went in here, " said the new Pope, pointing to his head.
The new pope, a Jesuit (another first), in fact has gentler views than his predecessors.
As a new pope takes over, it will be interesting to watch how the strategy evolves.
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This is the new pope's first international event since his election four months ago.
White smoke from the chimney will indicate that a new pope has been chosen.
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First impressions of the new Pope from the faithful on St Peter's Square have been favourable.
PT, mentions of Bergoglio (the new pope's last name) were up by 3.7 million%.
The new pope was outspoken against a move by Argentina to legalize gay marriage in 2010.
Mahony is in Rome as part of the cardinals' conclave voting for a new pope.
Peter's, the spot where the world will meet the new pope once he is elected.
Dolan will be part of the College of Cardinals meeting soon to elect a new pope.
By this Easter, on March 31, the church will likely have a new pope.
Vatican officials have said they don't anticipate any interference from Benedict as a new pope takes office.
There will now be no British cardinal taking part in the conclave to elect the new Pope.
However, the Vatican has said that he won't interfere in the new pope's running of the church.
"The new pope is sending a signal that this will not be business as usual, " he said.
The new Pope's style is very different to that of his predecessor, BBC Vatican correspondent David Willey says.
It took the Catholic Church and its 1.2 billion followers just a month to elect a new pope.
"I'm going to sleep well and something tells me you will too, " the new pope told the cardinals.
Archbishop Philip Tartaglia, president of the Bishops' Conference of Scotland, called the new pope a reconciler and healer.
It will be incumbent on the new pope to risk everything for the sake of proclaiming the Gospel.
Argentines rejoiced at the appointment, evoking the new pope's missionary actions in the working-class districts of Buenos Aires.
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Another organisation, We are Church, hopes the new Pope will reform the Vatican.
But spokesman said a return to the old system "would guarantee the widest possible consensus" for a new pope.
The new pope brings together the first and the developing worlds, Allen writes.
From now on the cardinals will eat, vote and sleep in closed-off areas until a new pope is chosen.
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The new Pope's tone is very different to that of his predecessor, the BBC's Michael Hirst, in Rome, says.
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