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Pope Francis says he didn't want to be pope Posted: 07 Jun 2013 03:16 PM PDT ROME (Reuters) - Pope Francis said on Friday he had not wanted to become pontiff and that he had decided against moving into the luxurious papal apartments in order to preserve his mental health. Meeting thousands of children from Jesuit schools across Italy and Albania, Francis held a question-and-answer session in which one girl, Teresa, asked him if he had wanted to become the leader of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics. "Anyone who wants to be pope doesn't care much for themselves, God doesn't bless them. I didn't want to be pope," he said. ...

Francis gets personal: 'I didn't want to be pope' Posted: 07 Jun 2013 02:34 PM PDT VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis revealed Friday that he never wanted to be pope and joked that he's living in the Vatican hotel for his "psychiatric" health.

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