Pope Francis
Pope Francis has described himself as "a sinner” who needs God's mercy. The Pope stated this in first book of his papacy, "The Name of God is Mercy," where he also
urges the Catholic Church to focus on its mission as a grassroots, hands-on organisation.
In extracts from the French-language edition provided to AFP by the French publisher Laffont, the pope elaborating on the notion of forgiveness, the pope — a frequent visitor to prisons — refers to his "special relationship" with convicts. "I have always been very much attached to them, precisely because of the awareness that I have of being a sinner," Francis says, according to AFP’s translation of the extracts. “Every time I cross the doorway of a prison, I always ask myself, ‘Why are they are here, and not me?’ I should be here, I should deserve to be here. Their fall could have been mine. I don’t feel superior to those in front of me," Pope Francis said.
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