Pope Francis, who has called the Internet a "gift from God," confessed via webcam to an inquisitive girl on Thursday that he is a disaster with technology and does not know how to use a computer.
Alicia, from Spain, who took part in a worldwide Google Hangout for children with special needs, asked the pope if he liked to take pictures and download them on his computer.
"I have to tell you the truth. I am a disaster with machines," he said. Francis used the Spanish word "tronco," or tree trunk, which is colloquially used for someone who is very clumsy, or a disaster at something.
"I am not able to use computers," the 78-year-old Argentine pope said, laughing. "What an embarrassment, right?"
Last year Francis said in a message on communications that the Internet was a "gift from God" that could help unite people but he also has warned families to shut off their smart phones and talk more to each other.
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