Francis Maude, the Cabinet Secretary, this morning said that new laws could be introduced as "a last resort".

内阁大臣弗朗西斯·莫德今天早晨表示，有可能作为“最后一招”而采用新法律。

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This thought stuck in his mind, Francis said, as it became clear that he had won the two-thirds majority that meant he was the new pontiff.

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The move follows on from suggestions made during the General Congregations, a series of meetings that brought together all the cardinals last month before they elected Francis as pope, the Vatican said.

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As well as representing poverty and peace, he said St Francis "loved and looked after" creation - and he noted that humanity was "not having a good relationship with nature at the moment".

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