Pope Francis
This morning.
The Pope will step down before the end of the year, according to a source close to the Vatican
Via Daily Express:
Austen Ivereigh the former Director for Public Affairs of the previous Archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor said: “I don’t think there’s ever been any doubt that he will resign in 2020.
“He made clear from the beginning that he regarded Pope Benedict’s (XVI) act [of resigning] as a prophetic act of great modesty and he would have absolutely no problem in doing the same.
“What was interesting was he said to Mexican television in 2014 that he believed that he would have a short papacy of about five years.”
‘No doubt’ Pope will resign after Christmas as Francis vowed to ‘follow Benedict’ (Daily Express)
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Does anyone care at this stage? The Catholic Church is a sewer of corruption and pedophilia.
You must be a very pleasant person.
I thought he could only move diagonally…like a bishop?
kanye west would make a good pope
So there’ll be three extant popes then? Gosh, the mind boggles.
Power Rangers becomes Pope Rangers… it’s all part of the plan
Benny and Francis…who’s the third?
Moff Gideon
hehehe
Conor?
extinct ?
Len Brennan favourite to take over?
Retirement??? He’s only 84
I won’t predict Vatican matters until I’ve consulted Old Moore’s Almanack.