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By Amy Davidson, Close Read @ newyorker.com, March 6, 2014
[...] “You have said that the Francis-mania will not last long,” the Corriere della Sera interviewer said. “Is there something in your public image that you don’t like?” The Pope replied, “I don’t like the ideological interpretations, a certain ‘mythology of Pope Francis’ ”:
"If I’m not wrong, Sigmund Freud said that in every idealization there is an aggression. Depicting the Pope to be a sort of superman, a type of star, seems offensive to me. The Pope is a man who laughs, cries, sleeps calmly and has friends like everyone. A normal person"
Not everyone sleeps calmly; there is a difference between being human and being normal. There are all sorts of traps for the adored, including fastening too much on a sense of one’s own humility, piety, or helpfulness, or one’s transgressive charm. Francis, impressive as he is, still has to show that he can keep from falling into them. There is a certain grumpiness that tinges his answers, even some of the cheerful ones, which might prove to be an anchor against sanctimony [....]
Also see:
Full Transcript of Pope Francis’ March 5 Interview With ‘Corriere della Sera'
English translation, By CNA/EWTN NEWS 03/05/2014
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Full context quote from the transcript @ the second link:
by artappraiser on Thu, 03/06/2014 - 9:36pm