Margaret Hebblethwaite, The Pope Francis I know, in The Guardian (UK), 14 marzo 2013. URL consultato il 16 marzo 2013.
«Luro talked to me at length about her friend, of whom she has the highest opinion, and told me how she would write to him almost weekly, and he would always reply by ringing her up and having a short chat. When Podesta was dying, Bergoglio was the only Catholic cleric who went to visit him in hospital, and, when he died, the only one who showed public recognition of his great contribution to the Argentinian church.»