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Africa-Press – South-Sudan. <\/strong><\/span>Pope Francis marked 10 years as head of the Catholic Church on Monday with a podcast, a private mass and a series of interviews, one of which triggered a diplomatic spat with Nicaragua.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt seems like yesterday,\u201d the 86-year-old recalled of his election during a podcast for the official Vatican News outlet \u2014 after first having to be told what a podcast was.<\/p>\n

Asked what he would like as a gift for his 10-year anniversary, for which he had no public plans beyond a mass with cardinals, Francis added: \u201cPeace. We need peace.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jorge Bergoglio was elected pope on March 13, 2013, after his predecessor Benedict XVI stunned the world by becoming the first pope to resign since the Middle Ages.<\/p>\n

He has said he never expected to be elected, only packing a small suitcase to travel from Argentina to Rome for the conclave on the assumption he would soon be back in Buenos Aires, where he was archbishop.<\/p>\n

But he had a vision, and over the next decade he would overhaul the governance of the Church, including cleaning up the Vatican books and taking action against clerical child abuse.<\/p>\n

He also shifted many people\u2019s perception of the papacy by engaging less in theology and more with social issues from migration to the environment.<\/p>\n

And even while maintaining traditional doctrine on issues such as abortion and gay marriage, he has sought to forge an image of a more open, compassionate Church.<\/p>\n

Nicaragua row<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cHe is a Pope for this time,\u201d said Italian priest Father Roberto, who travelled to Saint Peter\u2019s Square to hear the pope deliver his weekly Angelus prayer on Sunday.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe managed to grasp today\u2019s needs and to propose them to the whole universal Church… And now he\u2019s giving the Church a push forward for the years to come. He is sowing good for the future.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, not everyone is enamoured of Francis\u2019 approach, notably the conservative wing of the Catholic Church. One critic, German Cardinal Gerhard Mueller, recently criticised the pope\u2019s \u201cdoctrinal confusion\u201d.<\/p>\n

Francis has never shied away from controversy, regularly using his pulpit to rail against everything from the mafia to consumerism and the arms industry.<\/p>\n

In one of his anniversary interviews, with Argentine news outlet Infobae, he described the government of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega as a \u201ccrude dictatorship\u201d.<\/p>\n

Ortega\u2019s government \u2014 which has long had tensions with the Catholic Church \u2014 responded on Sunday by saying it was considering suspending diplomatic ties with the Vatican.<\/p>\n

In another interview, with Swiss broadcaster RTS last week, the pope denounced the involvement of all the \u201cgreat powers\u201d in the Ukraine war.<\/p>\n

He prays regularly for the victims of the war, although he has been criticised for failing to squarely put the blame on Russia as the aggressor.<\/p>\n

\u2018It\u2019s not easy\u2019 <\/b><\/p>\n

Pope Francis has sought to improve ties with Islam during his papacy, and Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb, the grand imam of Cairo\u2019s prestigious Al-Azhar mosque, was one of those who sent their congratulations on his 10-year milestone.<\/p>\n

In a letter published by Vatican News, al-Tayeb hailed the pope\u2019s efforts to \u201cbuild bridges of love and fraternity among all human beings\u201d.<\/p>\n

Messages of congratulations also came in from Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the leader of the world\u2019s Orthodox Christians, and Anglican leader Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury.<\/p>\n

Welby joined Francis on a recent peace mission to conflict-ridden South Sudan, where huge crowds flocked to see the pontiff, as they do everywhere he goes.<\/p>\n

The pope continues to travel widely, despite his age and health issues.<\/p>\n

Francis was hospitalised in 2021 for colon surgery and now uses a wheelchair due to knee trouble \u2014 something he admitted in one interview he was \u201ca little ashamed\u201d about.<\/p>\n

The pope has said he would follow Benedict in resigning if he ever became too infirm for the job but insists that is not on his agenda.<\/p>\n

Asked by Italian newspaper Il Fatto Quotidiano what his hopes for the future were, he replied: \u201cThat the Lord be merciful with me. Being the pope is not an easy job.\u201d<\/p>\n

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