Bergoglio compared this concept of Catholicism, "this Church of 'come inside so we make decisions and announcements between ourselves and those who don't come in, don't belong'," to the Pharisees of Christ's time: people who congratulate themselves while condemning others.
As Argentina's top church official, he's never lived in the ornate church mansion, preferring a simple bed in a downtown room heated by a small stove on frigid weekends.
