Francis Wanted to Become a Butcher
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Francis added that “I need friends, that's why I live in Santa Marta, this hotel where I can meet so many people, talk to everyone." In reality, “everyone” is a euphemism. "Friendships give me strength, I need friends, they are few but true,” he explained.
When asked by Pope Fazio if he had ever danced the tango, Francis replied: “A porteño [inhabitant of Buenos Aires] who does not dance the tango is not a porteño.”
Francis also remembered his childhood: “When I was a child, I wanted to be a butcher. When I went shopping with my mother and grandmother, I saw that everyone paid the butcher. When they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up, I would say: A butcher, because he has a lot of money.”
He explained this as the Genoese spirit that he had inherited from his mother while “the Piedmontese [his father’s side] are also a bit attached to money, but they conceal it.” He also said that “throwing plastic into the sea is criminal.”
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