The Pope's childhood sweetheart

An Argentine woman who grew up as the neighbour of the future Pope Francis says she was very briefly the object of his affections when they were both 12.

The Pope's childhood sweetheart

An Argentine woman who grew up as the neighbour of the future Pope Francis says she was very briefly the object of his affections when they were both 12.

Amalia Damonte, now 76 like the pope, still lives four doors down from where Jorge Mario Bergoglio grew up in Buenos Aires.

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