"Some days are more painful, like today," the pontiff told Telemundo News regarding problems with his knee, before recounting his own experience as an immigrant. He also posed controversial questions about abortion and reflected on the abuses within the Church.
He offered his perspective on the war in the Ukraine, where he has offered to help with a peace mission. He acknowledged that for him, too, to migrate is "to die a little," as Mexican film director Alejandro González Iñárritu has said.