This lovely illuminant contrivance is perhaps symbolic of that golden age.

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One of the 16th century founders of the Jesuit order, Francis Xavier was a legendary missionary who spread the faith as far as India and Japan giving the new pope's name selection possibly further symbolic resonance in an age when the church is struggling to maintain its numbers.

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There is yet more symbolic action, with dancers and soft-focus new-age images.

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Second step: They can sign a contract--symbolic, not binding--stipulating that, by a certain age (provided the business is not in financial distress) that they will move on and let the next generation take its lumps.

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Since succeeding Pope Benedict XVI, who resigned in February citing age and frailty, Pope Francis has used a series of carefully chosen words and symbolic gestures to signal what for many appear to be significant shifts in church priorities.

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