Well, Pope Francis reportedly said that he believes his pontificate will be short and that he is an old man now who has happily and gratefully lived his span of years. All he asks of God is that if he is the victim of a terrorist attack he does not suffer a painful death.
Like Jesus, Francis has reached such a state of personal equanimity, detachment, freedom and union with God that he is free enough even to give his life away. Like Jesus, he is not attached to his life.  
When they came for Jesus in Gethsemane, Jesus said he could have called down twelve legions of angels to defend him. But to retaliate with violence is not the way of Jesus. He told Peter to put away his sword. In the view of some, when Jesus disarmed Peter, he disarmed all of us. Jesus, by his nonviolent response to the cross, unmasked the violent mechanisms empires use to maintain themselves. He unmasked how this violence is legitimated and even sanctified, which the church still does today.