I do not know what might be the most fitting description.... I am a sinner. This is the most accurate definition. It is not a figure of speech, a literary genre. I am a sinner. And this is what I said when they asked me if I would accept my election as pontiff: I am a sinner, but I trust in the infinite mercy and patience of our Lord Jesus Christ, and I accept in a spirit of penance.


My Door Is Always Open: A Conversation on Faith, Hope and the Church in a Time of Change (ed. 2014)


I do not know what might be the most fitting description.... I am a sinner. This is the most accurate definition. It is not a figure of speech, a...

I do not know what might be the most fitting description.... I am a sinner. This is the most accurate definition. It is not a figure of speech, a...

I do not know what might be the most fitting description.... I am a sinner. This is the most accurate definition. It is not a figure of speech, a...

I do not know what might be the most fitting description.... I am a sinner. This is the most accurate definition. It is not a figure of speech, a...