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Pope Francis's sister says he never wanted the job
March 15, 2013
Mara Elena Bergoglio, the sole surviving sibling of the former cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, said she had prayed fervently for her brother not to be made pope when he was a frontrunner in the 2005 conclave that followed the death of John Paul II. "He didn't want to be Pope and when we chatted privately about it, we joked at the prospect and he would say 'no, please no'." Read
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