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Pope Francis Reluctant

Still going by Bergoglio when talking to friends

Reason Staff | 3.28.2013 8:12 AM

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He still goes by "Bergoglio" when speaking to friends, seems reluctant to call himself pope and has decided to live in the Vatican hotel rather than the grand papal apartment in the Apostolic Palace.

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