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Moments after walk off a plane this afternoon the pope removed his skull cap. here's jeanne moos with why. >> reporter: we tend to notice the pope's skull cap. only when it flies off. it often appears ready for liftoff. usually when he's getting off a plane, but pope francis never loses face when a holy gust gets him. he's so humble he lets kids play with the cap. known as a zucchetto. >> i thought i'm going to be on the plane with a pope, wouldn't it be cool if i swapped a zucchetto with him? >> reporter: before he boarded the plane, he went to the pope's tailor shop and bought a new

Zucchetto for 58 bucks. he handed him the new cap which the pope tried on for size then -- >> grande, which means a little big. >> reporter: francis gave the cap back to the reporter. for the pope, this is a old hat. he does it all the time. fans wave a cap at him. the popemobile stops. if the cap fits, he keeps it and gives away the old one to these two boston college students, for instance. and if it doesn't fit, francis at least puts it on his head so when he returns it, it's been worn by a pope. for papal cap swappers, it's a thrill. >> i'm still shaking. it's been, like, ten minutes. >> r...