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10 Surprising Things you Never Knew About Pope Francis

8. Being Dumped by his Girlfriend Lead Him to the Priesthood

He wasn’t always a man of the cloth. He had a childhood sweetheart named Amalia Damante, who affectionately described him as a “little devil” according to the Italian press. However, don’t look for some deep sex scandal here. This was just a case of sweet puppy love. At the age of 12, he wrote her a note declaring that he wanted to marry her, but she declined. When she rejected him, she told the Daily Telegraph, he said “If I can’t marry you, I’ll become a priest.” Her loss is our gain.

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