Just seem strange for the Pope to go cross current with 600 years of tradition. I’d say that there is a chance something is making him resign.
Something like perhaps he believes the church needs leadership that he cannot provide at his age and with his health. Perhaps he see this as the best thing for the church at this moment.
Well, if you have read his theological expositions of the past, his weightier tomes and popular books and compared them to his most recent, “The Infancy Narratives,” which was delightful and a great Christmas gift, he’s slowing down to full-stop.
That was obvious from this last book.
He’s 85 for pete’s sake. He’s leaving the bark to someone younger and stronger in this mightily turbulent time.