Holy Popes!

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The world got a new pope today, and of course on our minds is the key issue surrounding the first Jesuit leader of the Roman Catholic Church: what will he be wearing? Pope Jorge Mario Bergoglio, a.k.a. Pope Francis I, has already foregone the scarlet mozetta typically worn with the papal garb. Do we have a minimalist Pope on our hands? Anyone might seem so after Pope Benedict XVI, who was known for being a bit of a clotheshorse. [Racked]