So Pope Francis, SJ, calls the Jesuit Curia himself, and asks for the Superior General, and upon identifying himself as Pope, the porter, having received many prank calls since the election of Pope Francis was put out, and reported that he nearly said, “Yeah, and I am Napolean” – HAH!
But, Pope Francis calmly said, “Really! This really is Pope Francis!” Can you imagine! I think his comeback is funny, “Yeah, and I’m Napoleon” See him describe his own reaction when he realized it really was the Pope:
(if the embedded video above doesn’t work, click here)
A nice compilation of this and more stories about our “regular guy” Pope Francis is also here.
[ed note: 2022… it was a hopeful time at the beginning… so much ambiguity and silence in the face of questions has made it tough to rally the optimism of these days.]
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