POPE Francis has shared intimate insights into the moments after his papal election, telling journalists he was immediately inspired to take the name of St Francis of Assisi because of his work for peace and the poor.
"Let me tell you a story," Francis said in a break from his prepared text during a special gathering for thousands of journalists, media workers and guests on Saturday.
Francis then described how was comforted by his friend, Brazilian Cardinal Claudio Hummes, as it appeared the voting was going his way and it seemed "a bit dangerous" that he would be elected.
"He hugged me. He kissed me. He said don't forget about the poor," Pope Francis recalled. "And that's how in my heart came the name Francis of Assisi."
St Francis of Assisi, the Pope said, was "the man of the poor. The man of peace. The man who loved and cared for creation - and in this moment we don't have such a great relationship with the creator. The man who gives us this spirit of peace, the poor man who wanted a poor church."
He then joked that some other cardinals suggested other names: Hadrian VI, after a great church reformer - a reference to the need for the Pope to clean up the Vatican's messy bureaucracy.
Someone else suggested Clement XV, to counter Clement XIV who suppressed the Jesuit order.
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