In the Vatican
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VATICAN CITY [AP) • Pope John Paul I assumed the throne of St. Peter and leadership of the world's 700 million Roman Catholics yesterday in solemn, outdoor rite marked by the simplicity already a hall-mark of his papacy. Breaking more than 1,000 years of tradition, the 65-year-old pontiff donned a simple white wool stole as the shepherd of his flock and concelebrated his inaugural Mass with the College of Cardinals. He refused to be crowned with the traditional beehive shaped papal tiara or to be carried by a dozen footmen to the ceremony in the swaying portable throne, as past popes had done. Like his predecessor Pope Paul VI, he chose to have his installation on the steps of St. Peter's Basilica, close to people and in front of Christendom'slargest church. Most past papal coronations, glittering with the regal trappings of the crowning of kings, were held inside the mighty basilica. The new pope began the ceremony with prayers inside the basilica at the Alter of Confession, built atop what is thought to be the tomb of St. Peter, the first pope. Then John Paul, clad in goldtrimmed robes and bearing a simple iron staff, walked into St. Peter's Square, following a procession of 104 cardinals. They emerged to the strains of a choir chanting in Latin, "Veni, Creator, Spiritus," "Come, Holy Spirit." · The new pope waved to the crowd of about 250,000 in the sun-baked square and blessed them, making the sign of the cross
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