Author Topic: Francis Says He "Didnt Want to be Pope" (Read 532 times)

Charlemagne · « **on:** June 07, 2013, 01:30:19 PM »

Gee, I never would've guessed, what with the high regard he shows for the office. :rolleyes:

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VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope Francis has revealed that he never wanted to be pope and that he's living in the Vatican hotel for his "psychiatric" health.

Francis got very personal Friday as he met with thousands of children from Jesuit schools across Italy and Albania. Answering their questions one by one, Francis told them the decision to become a priest had been difficult for him and that he had suffered "moments of interior darkness" when "you feel dry, without interior joy."

But he said he went ahead because he loved Christ.

One of the most touching moments came when Teresa, a bright-eyed redhead no more than six, asked Francis flat out if he had wanted to be pope.

After joking around, Francis replied: "I didn't want to be pope."

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_VATICAN_POPE?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2013-06-07-07-44-14

JohnGrey · « **Reply #1 on:** June 07, 2013, 01:47:45 PM »

Quote from: Charlemagne

Gee, I never would've guessed, what with the high regard he shows for the office. :rolleyes:

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VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope Francis has revealed that he never wanted to be pope and that he's living in the Vatican hotel for his "psychiatric" health.

Francis got very personal Friday as he met with thousands of children from Jesuit schools across Italy and Albania. Answering their questions one by one, Francis told them the decision to become a priest had been difficult for him and that he had suffered "moments of interior darkness" when "you feel dry, without interior joy."

But he said he went ahead because he loved Christ.

One of the most touching moments came when Teresa, a bright-eyed redhead no more than six, asked Francis flat out if he had wanted to be pope.

After joking around, Francis replied: "I didn't want to be pope."

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_VATICAN_POPE?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2013-06-07-07-44-14

Then he should be very pleased, since he got his wish.

What he probably means is that he misses the general anonymity that comes with being a conciliar prelate in a third-world nation, which afforded him the opportunity to attack the traditional Catholic faith with relative impunity.

Capt McQuigg · « **Reply #2 on:** June 07, 2013, 03:53:59 PM »

He isn't. So what is he griping about?

Sigismund · « **Reply #3 on:** June 07, 2013, 05:10:51 PM »

No one with any sense would want to be pope. Anyone who does want to almost certainly should not be.