The Vatican announcement also comes just weeks before Francis makes his first-ever visit to the United States.
The new cash-only rule currently applies to all establishments in the Vatican, including museums, shops and restaurants.
The Vatican's ambassador to Tanzania and the archbishop of Arusha were attending, but were not hurt.
The Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano defended the pope in an unprecedented rebuke to the Times.
The Vatican has strenuously denied the claims, but protesters are expected at the UK events.
Francis will be installed officially in an inauguration Mass on Tuesday 19 March, the Vatican added.
However, unlike his departure from the Vatican, there was no live TV coverage of his return.
Hours after his arrival, the Vatican issued a photograph of Benedict shaking hands with Pope Francis.
He received orders from the Vatican Secretariat of State and briefed the press accordingly.
Well, we all saw it happen for real earlier this month at the Vatican.
The Vatican provides details on how to visit these and other holy burial sites.
Earlier, the Vatican said Pope Francis would visit his predecessor Pope emeritus Benedict next week.
The Catholic network also has a social-media editor who tweets news coming out of the Vatican.
So the Vatican insists there can be no peace without justice, and no justice without forgiveness.
The Vatican has stepped up its campaigns against legislation on abortion and in vitro fertilization.
Pope Paul VI undertook the last major reform of the Vatican bureaucracy in 1967.
The Vatican said a government should not be held responsible for actions of a newspaper.
Mr Menino became mayor in 1993 after his predecessor left to become ambassador to the Vatican.
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His personal style is low key, the opposite of the pomp and circumstance of the Vatican.
Pope Francis has already been in touch with the chosen cardinals, the Vatican said.
The Vatican would like the world to see how much this relationship has changed.
Number 10 said the Vatican had welcomed the invitation and it was "under consideration".
Pacelli was the Vatican's envoy to Germany and later its secretary of state under Pius XI.
The shroud has never been officially recognised as authentic by the Vatican, our correspondent says.
Normally feet-washing Masses before Easter are held in the Vatican or a Rome basilica.
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The Vatican spokesman promised a general comment about the meeting, but no detailed statement.
The Vatican has said confidential documents were found in Gabriele's apartment in Vatican territory.
The Vatican called publication of Nuzzi's book "criminal" when it was released in Italian this month.
With its gilded and vaulted spaces, the Vatican implores its visitors to be inspired.
The Vatican bank's chief, Ettore Gotti Tedeschi, is credited with a hard line on compliance.
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