Posted on 12/18/2020 6:02:23 PM PST by marshmallow
POPE FRANCIS will step down before the end of the year, according to a source close to the Vatican, who said there was "no doubt" the Pontiff "will resign in 2020".
The 83-year-old became head of the Catholic Church following the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI – a controversial move and the first of its kind in more than 500 years. However, a source close to Pope Francis claimed he would only serve for seven years, stating he would follow in the footsteps of his predecessor. Austen Ivereigh is the former Director for Public Affairs of the previous Archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor and continues to work closely with the Vatican.
He said: “I don’t think there’s ever been any doubt that he will resign in 2020.
“He made clear from the beginning that he regarded Pope Benedict’s (XVI) act as a prophetic act of great modesty and he would have absolutely no problem in doing the same.
“What was interesting was he said to Mexican television in 2014 that he believed that he would have a short papacy of about five years.
"What I'm hearing from people close to him is that he’s going to need seven years to achieve his five-year plan and that, of course, would mean staying on until 2020.”
(Excerpt) Read more at express.co.uk ...
This wicked pope lies his ass off.
Wouldnt trust him to give me proper change for a dollar.
Good riddance.
Hope it’s true, and that the next Pope is more concerned about liturgy, than the promotion of international socialism.
Supposedly he told the conclave through allies that if elected, he would serve no more than five years. (Saying so himself would look like campaigning for the job, which is the surest way to Hell in the Catholic Church, literally.) Why this fool thinks he should take anything he says along those lines as other than calculating deceit, I cannot fathom.
I don’t believe this. This Pope makes sure he’s in the public eye nearly daily. He loves the spotlight. Think of the restrictions placed on Nuns, no makeup, can’t see their hair, other things to keep them from being vain and look at this Pope’s vanity, it’s unreal. He will never leave the spotlight.
I know one thing for sure this fake will be doing backstrokes in the Lake of Fire.
Apart from Cardinal Tagle, who would be the leading papabile if the conclave were to take place in the near future?
• Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Secretary of State, would be high on any list. He too would have both the benefits and the drawbacks of a close association with Pope Francis and the possibility that he (not quite 65 years old) could have a long pontificate. He has a very distinguished record as a Vatican diplomat, but he is handicapped by never having served as a diocesan bishop. And the financial scandals currently swirling around the Secretariat of State might hurt his chances.
• Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga of Tegucigalpa, Honduras, could be a prominent contender in light of his current role chairing the Council of Cardinals. But he will be 78 years old soon, and both he and the archdiocese he leads have been implicated in both financial and sex-abuse scandals.
• Cardinal Christoph Schönborn of Vienna and Cardinal Marc Ouellet, the prefect of the Congregation for Bishops, were considered leading papabile before the last conclave. They are both at retirement age (Ouellet is 75; Schönborn will reach that age in January), but some cardinal-electors might actually favor an older candidate, with the prospect of a comparatively short pontificate. Both cardinals are former students of Pope Benedict XVI; that too could be seen as either a plus or a minus.
• And Cardinal Robert Sarah might be the candidate most likely to draw support from cardinals who look back fondly on the days of Pope Benedict, and hope for a reversal of Pope Francis’ policies. Cardinal Sarah has been careful to avoid criticism of the Holy Father, even while he has seen his own influence wither during the current pontificate; he has been a loyal soldier—some might say too loyal. Still he has published three books in quick succession, outlining his own clear vision of the needs of the Church. A native of Guinea (where he risked his life in defiance of a dictator) and now a veteran of the Roman Curia, he would bring a dramatic personal story to the papacy, as the first African Pontiff in centuries. He is 74 years old.
Cardinal Matteo Zuppi of Bologna, who is a leader of the St. Egidio Community. Like the cardinal, the St. Egidio Community is not well known in the US, but exercises enormous influence in Italy, in Europe generally, and in fact in Africa—where it has helped to mediate international peace accords.
https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/who-is-most-likely-to-succeed-pope-francis/
Amen!
Pope John Paul II was the last true Pope.
> Hope it’s true, and that the next Pope is more concerned about liturgy, than the promotion of international socialism. <
More than half of the voting cardinals have been appointed by Francis. So there’s a good chance the next pope will be Francis II in actions, if not in actual title.
Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss
I am not Catholic, however, I am part of the original rabble rousers — the Lutherans. We long studied the Catholic church in all my Lutheran Education. I do find it interesting that there are good popes (JP II) and bad popes, popes in exile, competing popes (Avignon).
I guess it is true what Ecclesiastes writes:
Vanity of vanities, there is nothing new under the sun....
Archbishop Vigano would be the perfect Pope.
Therefore, he doesn’t have a , ahem, prayer.
You’re absolutely right. Dope Francis belongs in prison, not a retirement villa.
Well, maybe I can be Catholic again... Here’s hoping.
I hope there are enough conservative cardinals so we don't get another lefty. The Vatican politics is looking more like ours.
I just hope the next pope is Catholic.
The devil never rests!
I liked Benedict. Peter the Roman next?
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