Pope Francis wanted to be a butcher

Pope Francis, who has vowed to reform the Catholic Church, making it leaner and simpler, has disclosed that, as a boy, he wanted to become a butcher.

He made the comment in an interview with Straatnieuws, a Dutch newspaper written by and for homeless people.

Asked if he ever dreamed of becoming pope when he was young, Francis recalled that he often went with his mother and grandmother to shop at a local market because there were no stores in the Argentine neighbourhood where he grew up.