"As you know, the duty of the conclave was to appoint a new Bishop of Rome, " he said.
CNN: Pope Francis, the pontiff of firsts, breaks with tradition
In applauding the plaque honoring John Paul, Francis also paid tribute to a pontiff who enthusiastically embraced his role as bishop of Rome.
In a light-hearted moment, he said his fellow cardinals had gone to the "ends of the Earth" to find a bishop of Rome.
Peter's Square for the announcement, marveling that the cardinals needed to look to "the end of the earth" to find a bishop of Rome.
The official Mass to inaugurate Francis as the bishop of Rome -- and leader of the world's 1.2 billion Roman Catholics -- will take place Tuesday.
And before he became a Catholic Bishop of Rome occuped north Africa, he prayed for deliverance from his sins, asking God to grant him chastity, only not now.
The two-hour-long, early evening installation ceremony was a significant one for the church, since a pope is pontiff because he is elected bishop of Rome, and not vice versa.
For this reason, and well aware of the seriousness of this act, with full freedom I declare that I renounce the ministry of bishop of Rome, successor of Saint Peter.
Indeed, it seems very likely that the winter solstice was not dedicated to Sol by the Romans until after the bishop of Rome first celebrated Christmas on December 25th in 336 AD.
Today, together with the feast of Saint Joseph, we are celebrating the beginning of the ministry of the new Bishop of Rome, the Successor of Peter, which also involves a certain power.
The pope views his ministry as Bishop of Rome and Universal Pastor to be not a life term (a life sentence?) but a responsibility that it is now time to give up before a crisis might paralyze the Church and its leaders.
To protect Jesus with Mary, to protect the whole of creation, to protect each person, especially the poorest, to protect ourselves: this is a service that the Bishop of Rome is called to carry out, yet one to which all of us are called, so that the star of hope will shine brightly.
But when the book was published in the United States by the Liturgical Press of St John's Abbey in Minnesota the local bishop, with the support of Rome, demanded its withdrawal.
After the acceptance, as long as the person has already received episcopal ordination, he is immediately Bishop of the Church of Rome, true Pope, and Head of the College of Bishops.
Francis later donned the tall, peaked bishop's hat, and wearing simply adorned cream-colored vestments, gently sat back in the mosaic-studded basilica chair, known as the "Cathedra Romana, " that symbolizes the post of Rome bishop.
Rebuffed by Rome, Mr Kirchner stripped Bishop Baseotto of the state salary he received as chaplain to the army and thus, in theory, his right to enter military installations.
Bishop Elio Sgreccia, head of the John Paul II Institute for Bioethics at Rome's Gemelli hospital, said human cloning raised profoundly disturbing ethical issues.
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