Pope Francis felt “caged” when the pandemic lockdowns began, interrupting what had been slated for him to be, among other things, a banner travel year. “But then,” he said, “I calmed down.” He made the remarks in an interview to Italy’s Mediaset Tg5, which aired Sunday evening.
“I took life as it comes,” Pope Francis said, “praying more, speaking more, using the phone more, taking some meetings to solve problems.”
"No one ever emerges from a crisis unchanged," Pope Francis said. "One either emerges better, or worse," he went on to say. "It's up to us," to decide which it will be. He recognized the tough times many families had -- and continue to have: "A family -- with a couple of kids, say -- cooped up: it's not easy," Francis said, "I get it."
