holiness. >> so his holiness 16th, or supreme pontiff. >> reporter: but no more swiss guards. no more fisherman's ring either. but he'll still get to wear white. >> a simple white casic. a very important point are the shoes. they will no longer be the red shoes, but he's chosen to keep brown shoes given to him on his recent trip to mexico. >> reporter: he also plans to live on the vatican grounds in a former nunnery. already the campaign to choose his successor is as ugly as a south carolina primary. for nearly a week now, the italian papers have run wild with a story of a sex and blackmail scandal about to explode, speculating the benedict really resigned because of a dossier he was given detailing the whole sordid mess. >> the vatican is upset with all the focus on the scandal. >> cardinals have had to face many forms of pressure. today there is an attempt to do this through public opinion.