Pope Francis arrives for a prayer at Rome's Santa Maria Maggiorebasilica early on March 14, 2013 (Osservatore Romano/AFP)
VATICAN CITY - Newly-elected Pope Francis shunned the special chauffeur-driven "Vatican One" limousine after being picked as pontiff, the Vatican said on Thursday.
"Instead of the formal Vatican One car he preferred to take the minibus with the other cardinals," Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi said.
The new pope then dined with the cardinals in a Vatican residence where he thanked them for electing him but then quipped: "God forgive you for what you've done!"
The former Argentinian cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio -- the first Latin American pontiff -- has a reputation as a humble pastor who has shunned many of the perks associated with high office in the Catholic Church.
Lombardi said that immediately after his nomination on Wednesday, Francis had greeted the cardinals standing up instead of sitting down on his papal throne -- also indicating a change in style at the Vatican.
Following his first outing as pope to a Rome basilica on Thursday, Francis went back to the clergy house in a city centre side street where he had been staying ahead of the conclave that elected him on Wednesday.
"He packed his bags and then he went to pay the bill for his room so as to set a good example," said Lombardi, who is a Jesuit priest like the new pope -- the first member of the prestigious religious order to become pontiff.
Lombardi also said the pope had travelled to the basilica in a simple Vatican gendarmerie car "without a motorcade."
The new pope will live for the next few days in Casa Santa Marta -- the same Vatican residence where he was staying with fellow cardinals before his election -- while the papal apartments in the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican are prepared.
Lombardi said: "The preparation will be very simple."
Pope Francis waves to the crowd as he arrives in St Peter's Square in his customised car, the 'popemobile'. Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty Images
Graphic showing some of the style differences between the oldand the new pope. Pope Francis swept into St Peter's Square on Tuesday to greet throngs of pilgrims before a sumptuous ceremonyin which Latin America's first pontiff will receive the formal symbolsof papal power less
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"RECALIBRATION OF FREE CHOICE"- MAR 3, 2012 (KRYON CHANNELLING BY LEE CAROLL) - (Subjects: (Old) Souls, Midpoint on 21-12-2012, Shift of Human Consciousness, Black ">, Global Unity,... etc.) "- (Text version)"
"... 1 - SPIRITUALITY (RELIGIONS)"
"Number one: Spirituality. The systems of spiritual design on your planet are starting to change. This is not telling you that certain ones are going to go away. They're simply going to change. Some of the largest spiritual systems, which you would call organized religion on the planet, are shifting. They're going to shift away from that which is authority on the outside to authority on the inside. It will eventually be a different way of worship, slowly changing the rules while keeping the basic doctrine the same."
"The doctrine of the Christ has always been to find the God inside. The teachings were clear. The examples of the miracles were given as an example of what humans could do, not to set a man up for worship as a God. So when that has been absorbed, the teaching of the Christ can remain the teaching of the Christ. It simply changes the interpretation. "
"The teachings of the great prophets of the Middle East (all related to each other) are about unity and love. So once the holy words are redefined with new wisdom, the Human changes, not the words of the prophets. In fact, the prophets become even more divinely inspired and their wisdom becomes even more profound."
"YOU'RE GOING TO LOSE A POPE SOON. I HAVE NO CLOCK. SOON TO US CAN MEAN ANYTHING TO YOU. THE ONE WHO REPLACES HIM MAY SURPRISE YOU, FOR HIS PARTICULAR ORGANIZATION WILL BE IN SURVIVAL MODE AT THAT POINT IN TIME. THAT IS TO SAY THAT FEWER AND FEWER ARE INTERESTED IN STARTING THE PRIESTHOOD. FEWER AND FEWER YOUNG PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN THE ORGANIZATION, AND THE NEW POPE MUST MAKE CHANGES TO KEEP HIS CHURCH ALIVE. That means that his organization will remain, but with a more modern look at what truly is before all of you in a new energy. It is not the fall of the church. It is instead the recalibration of the divinity inside that would match the worship that goes on. It's a win-win situation. The new pope will have a difficult time, since the old guard will still be there. There could even be an assassination attempt, such is the way the old energy dies hard. That is number one. Watch for it. It's a change in the way spiritual systems work. IT'S A REALIGNMENT OF SPIRITUAL SYSTEMS THAT RESOUND TO A STRONGER TRUTH THAT IS HUMAN DRIVEN, RATHER THAN PROPHET DRIVEN...."
"... 3 - "LONGER LIFE IS GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT...
"Here is one that is a review. We keep bringing it up because Humans don't believe it. If you're going to start living longer, there are those who are frightened that there will be overpopulation. You've seen the way it is so far, and the geometric progression of mathematics is absolute and you cannot change it. So if you look at the population of the earth and how much it has shifted in the last two decades, it's frightening to you. What would change that progression?"
"The answer is simple, but requires a change in thinking. The answer is a civilization on the planet who understands a new survival scenario. Instead of a basic population who has been told to have a lot of children to enhance the race [old survival], they begin to understand the logic of a new scenario. The Akashic wisdom of the ages will start to creep in with a basic survival scenario shift. Not every single woman will look at herself and say, "The clock is ticking," but instead can say, "I have been a mother 14 times in a row. I'm going to sit this one out." It's a woman who understands that there is no loss or guilt in this, and actually feels that the new survival attribute is to keep the family small or not at all! ALSO, AS WE HAVE SAID BEFORE, EVEN THOSE WHO ARE CURRENTLY IGNORANT OF POPULATION CONTROL WILL FIGURE OUT WHAT IS CAUSING BABIES TO BE BORN [KRYON JOKE]."
"Part of the new Africa will be education and healing, and eventually a zero population growth, just like some of the first-world nations currently have. Those who are currently tied to a spiritual doctrine will actually have that doctrine changed (watch for it) regarding Human birth. Then they will be able to make free choice that is appropriate even within the establishment of organized religion. You see, things are going to change where common sense will say, "Perhaps it would help the planet if I didn't have children or perhaps just one child." Then the obvious, "Perhaps I can exist economically better and be wiser with just one. It will help the one!" Watch for these changes. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE STEEPED IN THE TRADITION OF THE DOCTRINES AND WOULD SAY THAT SOUNDS OUTRAGEOUSLY IMPOSSIBLE, I GIVE YOU THE NEW COMING POPE [KRYON SMILE]. For those of you who feel that uncontrolled procreation is inevitable, I encourage you to see statistics you haven't seen or didn't care to look at yet about what first-world countries have already accomplished on their own, without any mandates. It's already happening. That was number three....."
UPDATE FROM ASHTAR VIA MIKE QUINSEY: OBAMA'S STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS - (ASHTAR CHANNELED BY SUSAN LELAND, FEBRUARY 12, 2013)
"... Let us propose that you need look no further for proof of all of this than the most recent resignations of humans, or we shall say those who appear to be human, from very high positions! WE SHALL BE LENDING OUR SUPPORT TO THE ELECTION OF A POPE who is one with the people and in turn with all of the kingdoms. I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF ANNOUNCING THAT THERE SHALL BE SOME WHO ARE NOT CARDINALS WHEN THAT ENCLAVE MEETS."
"Representing all of us, you and us, including those of us who come to be with you, shall be ST. GERMAIN AND ARCHANGEL MICHAEL, because if there was ever a group that needed to get the Truth out on the table, it's the group of cardinals who shall decide who will be the new leader of millions of people who belong - and you can take that any way you choose - to the Catholic Church."
"It's time for a lot of fresh air to blow through those hallowed halls. It's time for the secrets to not be secrets anymore and its time for those who are truly upon the spiritual path - and everybody is told to be on the spiritual path - it's just that the leaders are not quite on the same path - it's time for them to be freed from the dogmas, the restrictions and the enslavements that have been put upon them. So there is going to be a lot happening there!"
"We are going to support the election of a new pope as part of the breath of spring; the breath of spring is, by the way, also called the equinox. You have a date on your calendar of approximately the twenty-first of March - in some places of the world there is variance. And there are going to be a lot of breaths of spring coming, so stay tuned! "
"We shall comment briefly upon another resignation, and that is of course of the queen. Her name is Beatrix, and she is a part of the ruling establishment in Europe, which is changing, as it must. And so Pope Ratzinger will become Cardinal Ratzinger and his published gameplan is that he shall retire back to that place from where he came, which is the heart of illuminati land, but the reality of it is he has another date, and the reality of it is, that this is all being taken care of. ...."
ARCHANGEL MICHAEL ON THE WORLD'S MOVEMENT INTO THE GOLDEN AGE, MARCH 24, 2013 - PART 1/2 - NEW
"... GW:Well, let's move over to Italy, then. And Pope Francis met with leaders of the various world faiths in this last week. In his humble style that he is becoming noted for, he chose not to sit on the usual papal throne, but rather in a simple armchair, a beige armchair."
"Some of the other leaders had expressed optimism in the change of style of Francis. Are the other religious leaders now aware of the information that Francis is aware of? The higher information. And will they collectively be starting to change the tune of religious faiths around the world? Will this become a song sung by Francis and the faiths?"
"
"AAM: It has begun. They are humming. They are finding that it is a catchy tune, that is attractive, that it has a beautiful melody and refrain that sings in their hearts. Francis has basically thrown away the throne. He is not over-lighted to proceed in such a manner."
"And what he is first and foremost doing is that he is reminding those others of all faiths that their role is to serve and that leadership is service, that they are shepherds of all ilks, all stripes, all colors. But their role is to collect and to show the way, in humility and patience, in forgiveness and compassion."
"So, what Francis has begun to do is to say we do not need to be in control. We cannot find the middle way, the pathway of peace and true brotherhood and sisterhood through trying to control people. And this has been a gift. Oh, and dear heart, he has only just begun."
"You have been asking for signs. Well, you are seeing them, are you not, on many fronts. But pay attention to this one. AND MIGHT I GIVE YOU A HINT? FOLLOW THE MONEY."
"GW: Hmm. Intriguing. Okay. Well, at this point, then, now you have said previously, or it has been said previously, that Francis is over-lighted with the soul of St. Francis, and that he will be stepping forward in his role and that he is aware of and in contact with our galactic family."
"That wasn't clear previously; maybe you can clarify that. Has that knowledge and awareness been imparted to the leaders of the other faiths at this time? Are they aware of that and openly embracing that?"
"AAM: It has not been fully disclosed. It has been fully implied. And so... [laugh] I'm sorry. I laugh because it is a beautiful time that we have waited for. Now, let me suggest to you - no, let me simply tell you flat out, my friend, because you are a newsman. THERE WERE SEVERAL GALACTICS PRESENT AT THIS GATHERING. THE PRESENCE OF THE GALACTICS WAS FULLY IMPLIED. AND IN SIDE CONVERSATIONS IT WAS A FULL POINT OF DISCUSSION."
"But the first focus of Francis is not to push the agenda of the galactics, but simply rather to let everybody know that they have been part of this enclave and part of the knowledge of the papacy for a long time. But his first agenda is bringing communion, community and peace amongst the different faiths and sects, amongst the human beings."
"So that is his primary agenda. But he is weaving many things into it. Is he aware of the galactics? He has been aware of them for a very long time. He has been aware of them most of his life, actually. And so it is not that it is not on his agenda; it is. It is just not the first thing on his agenda...."
