In this article from The Onion, the author recounts how Pope Francis recalls the vast
differences between his current job and his old ones when he was just starting
out as a recently ordained member of the clergy. According to Francis, shortly
after he started attempting to shepherd the faithful, he gave himself a
five-year deadline to either become the pastor of his own parish or pack it in and
get a real job. Recalling his early struggles, the Vicar of Christ admitted he
was living mass to mass for several years. This article’s use of casual language
and a few obscenities give a feeling of—well, just that—being casual. For
example, even the caption under the image at the top of the article says “Francis
says his current gig is a far cry from his early days, when he spent weeks on
the road performing sacraments at a different piece-of-sh~t chapel each night.”
The same profanity is even used in the article’s title, though, this sort of
thing is just The Onion’s style. Francis
added that he gets pretty embarrassed now when he thinks back on some of his
“terrible” early material on the Holy Trinity and the Kingdom of God. The point
just goes to show that even someone who started out small and average, can
become someone known all over the world.
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