By TWE NEWSDESK

Pope Francis says he wished the world would experience more peace and do away with the indifference to tragedies witnessed around the globe.

The Pope who celebrates his 10^th anniversary to papacy March 13, in an interview published on Sunday by an Italian daily, II Fatto Quotidiano decried what he termed:”globalization of indifference” towards war torn countries.

He said what needs to change is:”The turning of a blind eye and saying, ‘ Why should I care? It doesn’t interest me! It’s not my problem!’”

Catholic News Agency reports that Francis who turned down the request to assess his pontificate in the interview, said “the Lord will judge his life one day based on whether he practiced the Corporal Works of Mercy as taught by Jesus.”

” The Church is not a business, or an NGO, and the pope is not an administrator who has been commissioned to balance the numbers at the end of the year.

“Being the pope is not an easy job. Nobody has studied before doing this,” he said, making reference to how St. Peter also “fell” when he denied Christ.

“But, after the resurrection, Jesus chose [Peter] again,” Pope Francis further explained. “That is the mercy of God towards us. Also towards the pope. ‘Servus inutilis sum.’ I’m a useless servant, as wrote Saint Paul VI in his ‘Thoughts on Death.’”

It requires grace to do God’s will and put it into practice, the pope said: “It’s necessary to attune yourself with the Lord, not with the world.”

The interview granted the II Fatto Quotidiano March 12  dwelt on Pope Francis’ hope for the future of the Church, the world and his pontificate.

While addressing readers of the Newspaper, he asked for prayers from those who pray, and for those who do not, he requested for “good vibes.” He said:” The pope loves you and is paying for you.”

According to him, the “governing programme” of his pontificate was to implement the requests of the College of Cardinals’ general congregation, the meetings that took place ahead of the conclave that elected him.

Furthermore, drawing a quote from his reflections from the homily of the first Mass of Pope Benedict XVI, he said on April 24, 2005, Benedict said: ”In this moment it’s not necessary for me to present a governing programme…My true governing programme is that which doesn’t follow my own will, not to pursue my own ideas, but to listen, alongside all of the Church, to the words and the will of the Lord and let myself be guided by him, so that he himself guides the Church in this hour of our history.”

Francis also commended the efforts of Benedict XVI at tackling the abuse crisis in the Church with courage.

He also made clarifications on the topic of clericalism.

“I dream of a church without clericalism,” he said, quoting Cardinal Henri-Marie de Lubac.

According to Lubac, for a priest, clericalism “would be infinitely more disastrous than any simple moral worldliness, “the pope said.

“Clericalism is the worst thing that can happen to the Church, worse still than the periods in which the pope was corrupt,” he added. “A priest, a bishop or cardinal who becomes ill through clericalism does a lot of damage to the Church. It’s a contagious disease, even worse are the clericalized lay people: they are a nuisance in the Church. Lay people should be lay people.”

The Holy Father said one thing that gave him much anguish during his pontificate is corruption.  

“I’m not speaking about only financial corruption, inside and outside of the Vatican, I’m talking about corruption of the heart. Corruption is a scandal,” he said.

He hopes “that the Lord will be merciful with him,” was his response to questions asked on expectations for his own future.

“Even if bad things happen, even if you have had a bad experience with someone from the Church, don’t let it condition you. The Lord is always waiting for you with open arms. I hope you succeed in experiencing it within your lives like I have within mine many times. The Lord has always been beside me, above all in the darkest moments,”