Radio presenter: Pope Francis was a different pope

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00:00So this time, similar reverence, similar sorrow has been felt by the Roman Catholic Church and by the faithful.

00:07But there has been a celebration element to this as well.

00:10A life that has been lived, but also a life that has been lived with an impact.

00:14He was a different Pope than his predecessors, and we've seen a lot of people publicly comment about that as well.

00:19We knew from the moment that Pope Francis walked out onto the papal balcony,

00:24when he took office from Pope Benedict XVI, we knew that it was going to be a different papacy.

00:29He decided to shun the wearing of the traditional red robe, even down to the red shoes that the Pope has specifically made.

00:38Pope Francis, or George Borgoldio, who was known at the time before he took his papal name, was going to be a different man.

00:45He was not going to be a traditional Pope, and he was one of humility.

00:49So I think the differences between 2005 and the papal conclave that ensued,

00:53and the differences between now, still a solemn event, but somewhat of a celebration of his life is also being had.

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