Posted on 02/17/2023 5:52:34 PM PST by marshmallow
Rome Newsroom, Feb 16, 2023 / 08:34 am Pope Francis addressed once again the question of whether he will resign the papacy in two conversations with Jesuit priests in Africa this month.
“I believe that the pope’s ministry is ‘ad vitam.’ I see no reason why it should not be so,” the pope said Feb. 2 during a private conversation with 82 Jesuits in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Francis met the group of priests at the apostolic nunciature in Kinshasa, where he was staying during his Jan. 31-Feb. 3 visit to the DRC.
The conversations were reported in the Jesuit-run journal La Civiltà Cattolica.
The pope, repeating information he had revealed in a prior interview, said that he signed a resignation letter two months after his election as pope in case he should become incapacitated.
He said he gave the letter to Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, the Vatican’s secretary of state at the time, but he does not know now where the letter is.
“However, this does not at all mean that resigning popes should become, let’s say, ‘the fashion,’ a normal thing. Benedict had the courage to do it because he did not feel like going on because of his health. I for the moment do not have that on my agenda,” he said.
“Think that the ministry of the great patriarchs is always for life,” he added. “And the historical tradition is important.”
Pope Francis also said that if the Church listened to the gossip it should change popes every six months.
The pope again addressed the question of his possible resignation in a meeting with Jesuit priests in South Sudan, which he visited Feb. 3-5.
The encounter with 11 Jesuits serving in the east African country took place on Feb. 4 in Juba.
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God is truly punishing us. Not that I blame him…
He teases the idea of resigning every couple of weeks.
Then, as soon as the next news cycle picks up on his statements, he backs off, saying; “Of course I am not resigning!”. Maybe it’s an attention getting ploy, allowing him to sit and gloat over the frustrations of the public.
Maybe somebody will give you a shove.
Only, less than two months after Pope Benedict's death, does Bergoglio makes this statement. Thus justifying his claim to be dictator for life.
All those teasings of his about considering resigning were nothing but lies.
Bergoglio is famous for his lies and false promises.
Same as Biden.
Not my pope. Waiting for them to pick Benedict’s successor. I think Soros was involved with picking Francis.
Amen...
Too bad
That’s too bad.
How's that humility thing working out for ya, Papa?
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