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Pope Francis's inauguration mass: Live Report
By Ruth Holmes | AFP News – 7 minutes ago


0820 GMT: Pope Francis enters the basilica and security officials reopen the barriers around the square to let in the masses building up on the avenue leading up to it, our correspondent Eleanor adds.

A little girl loses a shoe in the crush to get in time to see the pope come out again and give mass.

0814 GMT: Dressed in his white robe, the pope clutches his papal cap to his head to stop it blowing off in the wind as he makes his way through crowds, Eleanor Ide reports.

Cries of disappointment and "over here your holiness" as the popemobile turns away and takes a different route through the throng.

Tyler Moore, 24, from New Orleans Theological College Seminary, has travelled from the United States especially for the inauguration. He tells AFP: "Pope Francis is great, he's intriguing, different, a breath of fresh air. I find his way of speaking really down to earth, he's a pastoral figure".

0808 GMT: Screams of excitement as the pope gets out of his "popemobile" to greet people, reports Eleanor Ide.

Commentators have already noted how the pope has differed from his predecessors with his effusive style, presenting a new challenge for security officials. Swiss guards are manning the crowds, helicopters flying overhead, Eleanor tells us.

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0749 GMT: Dignitaries expected to attend today include a heavy contingency from the Americas, reports AFP's Dario Thuburn. Among them the presidents of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Mexico, and Paraguay.

More controversially, Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has also flown in, sidestepping a ban on EU travel. Meanwhile China says it won't be sending anyone after Taiwan announced its president Ma Yinga-Jeou would be going.

0740 GMT: Huge crowds have already begun to flock to St Peter's Square for the mass, which begins at 0800 GMT.

In a ceremony laden with ritual and imagery, Pope Francis will receive the formal symbols of his papacy, including the lambswool pallium and "Fisherman's ring".

Ahead of the mass the pope, already noted for his familiar, personal style, will make a tour of the plaza to greet the faithful.

Hundreds of thousands of people, including leaders from around the world, are expected to turn out in St Peter's Square for the official installation of Latin America's first pontiff.

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Fr. James Puglisi, who is the Minister-General of the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement and director of an ecumenical centre in Rome, called Centro Pro Unione, says the participation of Bartholomew I sends a strong signal in favour of ecumenical dialogue.

“First of all, it’s a recognition of two local churches, the Church of Rome and the Church of Constantinople, which has ecclesiological significance. And the second reason is that the Metropolitan of Pergoman, John Zizioulas, who is the co-chair of the Orthodox-Catholic dialogue, is going to accompany him,” he said.

“So I think the importance of this is a way of showing, from the Orthodox side, the willingness to go further in this dialogue and to breach the divisions that have kept us apart for centuries,” he added.

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Vice President Jojo Binay, wife and kids meet Pope Francis.

The pope is currently greeting more than 130 dignitaries present at his inauguration earlier. ~GMA NEWS~

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