All Vaticanists Expect Francis’ Resignation Coincidence? Francis’ announcement that he will be in L'Aquila on 28 August to take part in a religious event called 'Perdonanza,' has fuelled rumours of …More
All Vaticanists Expect Francis’ Resignation
Coincidence? Francis’ announcement that he will be in L'Aquila on 28 August to take part in a religious event called 'Perdonanza,' has fuelled rumours of his resignation. Why? Because the Perdonanza was instituted by Pope Celestine V, the first pope in history who resigned. Hence, the idea that Bergoglio's participation in the event could be a symbolic message.
Unusual Date. The Washington Post pointed at the unusual late August date of Francis upcoming consistory. The paper stresses that Popes don’t normally create Cardinals at the end of summer when Rome is still in vacation shutdown mode. Quote, “It’s very odd to have a consistory in August, there’s no reason that he needs to call this [event] three months in advance and then go to L’Aquila in the middle of it,” said Robert Mickens, the Rome-based editor of the English-language edition of La Croix. He thinks that there is a very good possibility that Francis will announce then that he’s going to resign.
No Surgery. The first thing to suggest Francis’ resignation is the fact that he is bound to a wheelchair, due to severe knee pain. Francis allegedly told Italian bishops that he would refuse another surgery because of concern about the effects of the anaesthesia, which had caused him problems last July when he underwent surgery for a diverticular stenosis of the colon. But without surgery, Francis’ mobility will likely degenerate even more.
A Cane. Papal biographer Austen Ivereigh met with Francis recently and did not come away with the sense that a resignation is imminent, the Washington Post writes. Ivereigh said Francis is receiving physiotherapy for his knee. Quote, “He was suffering from pain, and he was tired,” Ivereigh said of Francis. “I asked him how he was. He said things have improved, actually. He’s using a cane at least some of the time.”
Not Sacred. For Vatican expert John Thavis "it's not inconceivable that a retired pope could decide to take a much more active role, for example, visiting Catholic communities around the world, giving lectures, or even advising his successor." Thavis explained to Newsweek that Benedict made clear with his resignation that the papacy is not a sacred status, but an office that can, and sometimes should be set aside.
Christopher Bellitto, a church historian at Kean University in Union, New Jersey, told Associated Press that most Vatican watchers expect Francis will eventually resign, but not before Benedict dies. Quote, “He’s not going to have two former popes floating around,” Bellitto said.
Coincidence? Francis’ announcement that he will be in L'Aquila on 28 August to take part in a religious event called 'Perdonanza,' has fuelled rumours of his resignation. Why? Because the Perdonanza was instituted by Pope Celestine V, the first pope in history who resigned. Hence, the idea that Bergoglio's participation in the event could be a symbolic message.
Unusual Date. The Washington Post pointed at the unusual late August date of Francis upcoming consistory. The paper stresses that Popes don’t normally create Cardinals at the end of summer when Rome is still in vacation shutdown mode. Quote, “It’s very odd to have a consistory in August, there’s no reason that he needs to call this [event] three months in advance and then go to L’Aquila in the middle of it,” said Robert Mickens, the Rome-based editor of the English-language edition of La Croix. He thinks that there is a very good possibility that Francis will announce then that he’s going to resign.
No Surgery. The first thing to suggest Francis’ resignation is the fact that he is bound to a wheelchair, due to severe knee pain. Francis allegedly told Italian bishops that he would refuse another surgery because of concern about the effects of the anaesthesia, which had caused him problems last July when he underwent surgery for a diverticular stenosis of the colon. But without surgery, Francis’ mobility will likely degenerate even more.
A Cane. Papal biographer Austen Ivereigh met with Francis recently and did not come away with the sense that a resignation is imminent, the Washington Post writes. Ivereigh said Francis is receiving physiotherapy for his knee. Quote, “He was suffering from pain, and he was tired,” Ivereigh said of Francis. “I asked him how he was. He said things have improved, actually. He’s using a cane at least some of the time.”
Not Sacred. For Vatican expert John Thavis "it's not inconceivable that a retired pope could decide to take a much more active role, for example, visiting Catholic communities around the world, giving lectures, or even advising his successor." Thavis explained to Newsweek that Benedict made clear with his resignation that the papacy is not a sacred status, but an office that can, and sometimes should be set aside.
Christopher Bellitto, a church historian at Kean University in Union, New Jersey, told Associated Press that most Vatican watchers expect Francis will eventually resign, but not before Benedict dies. Quote, “He’s not going to have two former popes floating around,” Bellitto said.
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Always talking about it, and he goes on and on. He talked about it himself about 5 years ago.
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Wishful thinking, probably, but anyway, how would it help? Who would take over? All his new cardinals would vote for someone in tune with their desires - and we all know what that would mean.