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Some eagle-eyed people noticed that in the fake image of Pope Francis, the traditional pectoral cross around his neck only had one strap.

So when a photo surfaced this weekend, just before the fifth Sunday of Lent, of Pope Francis in a long, white, trendy-looking puffer coat with his traditional pectoral cross and white zucchetto cap, it’s not hard to imagine what happened next: People went wild.

But there was always another weapon in the archbishop’s armory in addition to his pectoral cross: humor.

Perhaps, he mused, his metal pectoral cross had triggered an alarm.

The pectoral cross has survived with its intricate spiral chain, from which it would have been suspended from the neck, displayed across the chest.