Posted on 07/22/2022 6:28:29 PM PDT by marshmallow
Pope Francis ruled out the possibility of staying in the Vatican or returning to Argentina in the event of an eventual resignation from the papacy.
In an interview with Univisión and Televisa broadcast July 12, Pope Francis said he would “surely not” stay in the Vatican if one day he resigned. He wouldn’t return to Argentina either, he added, because “I am the Bishop of Rome.” He said he would be “the Bishop Emeritus of Rome.”
Asked if he would reside at Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran, the Holy Father said “that could be,” since he would like to retire “to hear confessions at a church.”
However, he said that “for the moment” he hasn’t considered resigning from the papacy.
The pope said he took the rumors about his possible resignation “quite well,” especially the theories that have surfaced about it in recent weeks.
He noted there were journalists who speculated about his upcoming trip to L’Aquila, Italy, where the tomb of St. Celestine V is located. Celestine V in 1294 became the first pope in the history of the Church to resign from the papacy. Pope Benedict XVI visited the tomb and left his pallium there in 2009, four years before his resignation.
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He would love San Francisco, there are a lot of gay people there.
He should just save time and move straight to hell.
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He could always try communist China. Many of his ideas would fit in well.
I’m sure Pelosi would welcome his Marxist self in her Napa Valley home to drink all the wine he would like.
The Pope’s not gonna’ go home to Argentina.
It’s become the socialist nightmare that he’s spent his whole life promoting.
I thought that once you became the Pope you are the Pope until you croak.
If this Pope steps down we will have two former Pope’s running around
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So, Detroit or Philadelphia, then...
There he goes again, reacting to rumors that he may be retiring soon. Just two weeks ago he said he was not.
There is an exclusive gated community, owned by The Walt Disney Company that leases very costly residences to certain private people. The place is called Golden Oak, named after the company’s California ranch.
Maybe that’s where the Holy See belongs, once he has surrendered his vestments and skull caps. He can live at Disneyland, with all the other costumed characters.
Oakland...
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He could move to Boy’s Town to be near Obama.
So the precedent is being set for popes to retire?
He’ll probably go to Thailand!
Boys aplenty there...and it’s legal.
Pope Francis may as well resign. I don’t sense he has any enthusiasm for the job. He seems more interested in worldly politics.
He would feel right at home in Cuba.
Beijing is a good fit too
After Benedict XVI was forced out, I’ve assumed that the papacy is meaningless in any spiritual sense. It’s just politics now - if it isn’t more akin to a ‘mob’.
He would be comfortable in Cuba or North Korea.
Leave now, show us later.
He can live anywhere he wants to live. There are Walmart greeter jobs open all across the country.
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