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Pope Francis has admitted that he sometimes nods off while praying.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I pray, sometimes I fall asleep,\u201d he said in an episode of a Catholic TV2000 television programme published on Youtube.<\/p>\n

\u201cSaint Therese used to do it too\u201d, the 80-year-old pontiff said \u2013 in reference to the 19th Century Catholic saint.<\/p>\n

But he said that falling asleep during prayer actually pleased God and that Christians were called to \u201cfeel like children lying in their fathers\u2019 arms\u201d.<\/p>\n

Reports say that the pontiff usually goes to sleep at about 21:00 local time (20:00 GMT), but wakes up at around 04:00 (03:00 GMT) every morning.<\/p>\n

The Argentine has been head of the Roman Catholic Church since 2013, and has a busy schedule of international visits and public appearances.<\/p>\n

He has become known for some moderate reforms and openness in his papacy \u2013 in particular his use of simple, direct language.<\/p>\n

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