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I don't think you get to be pope without making some enemies, like you do when you're president.

The pope is a very... passionate man. He likes to get out with the people, and with that comes a large security risk.

To be honest, I don't really care about any pope. It's not something I think about much, to be quite honest with you.

I wouldn't take the Pope too seriously. He's a Pole first, a pope second, and maybe a Christian third.

Anybody can be Pope; the proof of this is that I have become one.

The Pope, I hope, can only be scared by God.

The Pope is not a political figure.

It is particularly moving, and I can say this also as a Protestant Christian, that a German - one of us - has been made Pope.

My duties are wider than those of the Pope. The Pope is only concerned with the spiritual welfare of his flock.