Pope Francis has promised to do everything in his power to change the
Vatican's mentality, saying in an interview published on Tuesday that it
was too focused on its own interests.
He also revealed that he had briefly considered not accepting his
election as the first non-European pope in 1,300 years when his fellow
cardinals chose him in March.
In the long interview with the atheist editor of the left-leaning La
Repubblica newspaper, he said too many previous popes in the church's
long history had been "narcissists" who let themselves be flattered by
their "courtier" aides.
"The [papal] court is the leprosy of the papacy," said Francis, who
has brought a new style of openness, consultation and simplicity to the
papacy.
The interview, conducted last week in the pope's spartan residence in
a Vatican guest house, appeared as he began a three-day, closed-door
meeting with eight cardinals from around the world to help him reform
the Vatican's troubled administration, known as the Curia.
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Vatican's mentality, saying in an interview published on Tuesday that it
was too focused on its own interests.
He also revealed that he had briefly considered not accepting his
election as the first non-European pope in 1,300 years when his fellow
cardinals chose him in March.
In the long interview with the atheist editor of the left-leaning La
Repubblica newspaper, he said too many previous popes in the church's
long history had been "narcissists" who let themselves be flattered by
their "courtier" aides.
"The [papal] court is the leprosy of the papacy," said Francis, who
has brought a new style of openness, consultation and simplicity to the
papacy.
The interview, conducted last week in the pope's spartan residence in
a Vatican guest house, appeared as he began a three-day, closed-door
meeting with eight cardinals from around the world to help him reform
the Vatican's troubled administration, known as the Curia.
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