[Pope Benedict XVI] removed the traditional tiara from his papal coat of arms and replaced it with a simple bishop's miter -- a sign Vatican watchers said indicated he wanted to make the papacy less regal. -- AP
From AP via Newsday.
Perhaps he has read:
KJV 1 Peter 5:1-4 The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed: Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind; Neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being examples to the flock. And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.
And the children of the English Separation may recall the document signed by the English bishops which declared that "the Bishop of Rome has no more authority in England than any other foreign bishop."
