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Pope's Childhood Love 'Made Him Become Priest'
A former child sweetheart of Pope Francis has claimed that he went on to become a catholic priest after she turned down his marriage proposal.
Amalia Damonte, 76, grew up in the same Flores neighbourhood of Buenos Aires as Jorge Bergoglio and said that when the Pontiff was 12, he wrote a letter declaring his love.
Speaking to Argentinian TV, she said: "He said that if I didn't say yes, he would have to become a priest. Luckily for him, I said no.
"He had a crush on me ... We used to play on the streets here. It was a quiet neighbourhood then. He was very nice."
"We were 12, 13 years old, no more than that," she said. "He was wonderful. He was a proper guy."
http://news.sky.com/story/1064999/popes-childhood-love-made-him-become-priest
