He traveled, though less extensively than John Paul, and presided over Masses that were heavy on Latin, Gregorian chant and the silkbrocaded vestments of his pre-Vatican II predecessors.
Francis also raised traditional eyebrows when he refused the golden pectoral cross offered to him right after his election by Monsignor Guido Marini, the Vatican's liturgy guru who under Benedict became the symbol of Benedict's effort to restore the Gregorian chant and heavy silkbrocaded vestments of the pre-Vatican II liturgy to papal Masses.