Author: NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press, ABC News
Published on: 08/03/2025 | 12:44:18
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Pope Francis entered his fourth week in the hospital with double pneumonia. On Saturday, Cardinal Pietro Parolin took Francis’ place to celebrate Mass for a pro-life group. There is no reason why such delegation of papal obligations cannot continue. But Francis has spoken about the possibility of resignation. Francis revealed that he had written a letter of resignation soon after he was elected pontiff. The letter laid out his resignation if medical problems impeded him from carrying out his duties or from freely announcing a resignation. Canon law has no provision for what to do if a pope is permanently impaired. Francis repeated that if Benedict followed, he would live outside the Vatican in a home for retired priests in the diocese of Rome. Francis said that future retired popes might want to do things differently. But a few weeks later, speaking to Congolese and South Sudanese priests, Francis changed tune.
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