Excerpts from Pope Francis’s interview

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Following are excerpts from Pope Francis’s interview with Jesuit publications on Thursday, as translated by the U.S. Jesuit magazine America: – On himself: “I am a sinner. This is the most accurate definition. It is not a figure of speech, a literary genre. I am a sinner.” – On what the Church needs: “I see the church as a field hospital after battle… The church sometimes has locked itself up in small things, in small-minded rules. …