Pope Francis urges protection of weak, environment during installation Mass

Tuesday, March 19, 2013 | 7:33 a.m. CDT; updated 10:13 a.m. CDT, Tuesday, March 19, 2013

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis urged princes, presidents, sheiks and thousands of ordinary people gathered for his installation Mass on Tuesday to protect the environment, the weakest and the poorest, mapping out a clear focus of his priorities as leader of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics.

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