Pope Francis has said he has accepted that he may be assassinated- but has asked God to make sure it does n't hurt too much as he is ' a real wimp ' . Francis said that if fanatics want to kill him , it is 'God 's will ' . He said : 'Life is in God 's hands . I have said to the Lord , `` You take care of me . But if it is your will that I die or something happens to me , I ask you only one favour : that it does n't hurt . Because I am a real wimp when it comes to physical pain . '' ' Pope Francis has revealed that he accepts he may be assassinated - but has asked God to make sure it does not hurt too much . The pope made the light-hearted comments in an interview with Buenos Aires favela tabloid La Carcova News in which inhabitants of the shantytown Villa La Carcova collectively came up with the questions . The parish priest of the extremely poor area is Jose Maria Di Paola , or Father Pepe , described as 'the spiritual son of Francis ' . For months , there have been threats against Pope Francis by the ISIS militants , who call him the 'bearer of false truth . ' In January an assassination plot to kill Francis by detonating a bomb in Manila was reportedly thwarted by the Philippines military , although this was denied by the Vatican . Former Special Action Force ( SAF ) commander Getulio Napeñas testified before the Philippine senate that the Philippines National Police had received information that Southeast Asian Jihadist terrorist organization Jemaah Islamiya , planned to set off a bomb near the papal convoy . Francis ( pictured ) said that if fanatics want to kill him , it is 'God 's will ' . he made the comments in an interview with Buenos Aires tabloid La Carcova News . Italian prosecutors have also warned that the Mafia have considered a lethal strike on Francis . Francis also used the unusual interview to address the concerns of the slum dwellers . He condemned drug trafficking saying that there are now countries that are 'slaves to drugs ' , and where the traffickers are 'triumphant because they feel that they have won ' . He also answered the concerns of those that feel that today 's children 'often live virtual relationships , ' The real 'danger ' is that children today have the capacity to gather information , but will be transformed into 'young museums ' , who do not know what to do with what they know . He said he would visit Argentina in 2016 'in principle ' .
Pope Francis says that if fanatics want to kill him them it is 'God 's will ' But said in interview he was a 'real wimp ' when it came to physical pain . Comment: