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His call for a “poor church” also put him at odds with those inside the Vatican who prized the church’s splendor and finery as symbols of its transcendent nature.

But for all its imperial finery and grandeur, the waltz was the people’s dance.

"This Christmas, God's Church itself needs to come again to the manger and strip off her finery and kneel in penitence and adoration. And be changed," he said.

"Right now, this Christmas, God's Church itself needs to come to the manger and strip off her finery and kneel in penitence and adoration," he is expected to say.

They said she had dressed up in her bridal finery and led a procession around the village streets, before climbing into the pyre of Maal Singh, her husband of seven months.