Sporting plain white vestments and a cross, and opting for plain dark shoes rather than red ones, Pope Francis spoke in Italian during Friday's meeting, occasionally breaking off from the prepared text to speak off the cuff.

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The pope emeritus will give up the red shoes of his papacy and will instead wear brown leather loafers made for him in Mexico.

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The Pope used a lift to descend from the plane, and a trolley to move along a red carpet laid out for him.

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More than 80 red wax seals hang down like an exotic beaded curtain from the bottom of a 1530 petition from English parliamentarians to Pope Clement VII.

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