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But thousands of ordinary Catholics have also arrived to pay their respects to a pontiff known for shunning many of the extravagant trappings associated with the position.

To achieve that, he shunned expensive recording studios and made his new album in a converted Tetley brewery in Leeds.

Some conservatives were upset by his choice to shun such trappings as richly adorned papal vestments and the lavish apartment in the penthouse of the Apostolic Palace.

He shunned the papal limousine and insisted on sharing the bus taking other cardinals home.

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