Pope Francis has confessed that he fell in
love with a girl that he met when he was
training to be a priest. After a week-long
fixation, the Latin pontiff then aged 22 or
23 had to seek redemption in the
confession booth, he revealed.
In an extraordinary interview to celebrate
his first year in the Catholic church’s top
job, Francis revealed that ‘there was a girl
that turned my head for a week when I
was at the seminary.’ ‘But we were
young.’ He added mischievously: ‘I tell my
confessor about these things.’ The
Argentinian pontiff seems to have had no
problem attracting the ladies in his youth.
He has previously revealed that he had a
girlfriend when he was 17, that he used
to go dancing with in salsa clubs.
However his vocation to the priesthood
was too strong. On a night out with
friends in Buenos Aires, the youngster
stopped to go to confession when his
decision to join the priesthood came
upon him. And after he became pope, a
long lost childhood love came forward.
Former neighbour Amalia Damonte told
how their families had divided them after
the then Jorge Maria Bergoglio had sworn
to marry her, aged 12.
In the anniversary interview, Francis also
revealed that former Pope Benedict XVI
was to come out of retirement.
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