Half awake, he'd make a mental note: "I must speak to the pope about that."
"Then," he confessed, "I would be wide awake and remember - I am the pope!"
Once asked by a journalist, "How many people work in the Vatican?" the pontiff pondered the question, giving the impression that he was trying to come up with an accurate estimate.
Then, with a straight face, he answered: "About half."
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