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Pope Francis waves to crowds as he arrives for his inauguration Mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on Tuesday, March 19, 2013. (Associated Press)

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Pope Francis is helped down the steps in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Tuesday, March 19, 2013. Pope Francis has urged princes, presidents, sheikhs and thousands of ordinary people gathered for his installation Mass to protect God's creation, the weakest and the poorest of the world. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

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White smoke billows from the chimney on the Sistine Chapel indicating that a new pope has been elected in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

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Crowds cheer after white smoke billowed from the chimney on the Sistine Chapel indicating that a new pope has been elected in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

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White smoke emerges from the chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. The white smoke indicates that the new pope has been elected. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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Crowds gather in St. Peter's Square to await the announcement of the election of a new pope by the cardinals in conclave in the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican on Wednesday, March 13, 2013. (This image was taken with a fisheye lens.) (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

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People gather in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on Wednesday, March 13, 2013, as the cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church continued the conclave to choose a new pope. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

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Black smoke emerges from the chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Tuesday, March 12, 2013. The black smoke indicates that the new pope has not been elected yet. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

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People wait in St. Peter's Square while cardinals meet in conclave to elect the next pope in the Sistine's Chapel at the Vatican, Tuesday, March 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

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Members of the media take photos of a pilgrim in St. Peter's Square during a mass at St. Peter's Basilica attended by cardinals before sequestering themselves in the Sistine Chapel for the conclave to elect the next pope at the Vatican Tuesday. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

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Pope Benedict XVI kisses a baby during his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013. Pope Benedict XVI basked in an emotional sendoff Wednesday at his final general audience in St. Peter's Square, recalling moments of "joy and light" during his papacy but also times of great difficulty. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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Pope Benedict XVI delivers his blessing during his last Angelus noon prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano)

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Police officers stop members of a group of four women who went topless to protest the Vatican's opposition to gay marriage in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013. Police quickly took the women away, and the pope appeared not to have been disturbed as he delivered his traditional prayer from his studio window overlooking the piazza. On their bare backs, the women had painted the slogans "In Gay We Trust" and "Shut Up. (AP Photo/Angelo Carconi)