Pope Francis has said that if is he is assassinated then he wants his killers to at least "make it painless", claiming that he is a "scaredy cat" as far as physical pain was concerned.
According to New York Post, the pontiff's statement came nearly one year after the Islamic State (IS) revealed a plot to kill the Pope.
The Pope said that death was in "God's hands" and if His will is that he should die, then he wants the death to be at least painless.
IS has issued several threats over the past year against the pope, whom they refer to as the "bearer of false truth".
