Much of this speculation — indeed most of it when it comes to the papacy — comes from Italian newspapers. The papacy is a very big beat — akin to the British monarchy — at some dailies there and many stories are floated in order to get a reaction from both the public, but mostly Vatican insiders.
This is a section from that blog:. Now, some are saying this is a hypothesis closer to reality. A couple of years? Something less than 10 years? I will confess that I, in particular, followed his surgery and post-op period with a great interest because I had a similar, though far more serious, operation a number of years ago.
I remember what followed that operation for many, many months. Even now, all these years later, certain affects of that operation remain. However, if you look at Pope Francis now, we see a Pope that has, at least outwardly, recovered well.
Newspapers in Italy write stories that answer questions nearly as much as they pose them. Whether the year-old pontiff would resign was something they were openly asking, especially after there was talk that he would soon release a document on the role of an emeritus pope.
Francis is nearly a decade past the point when Catholic bishops are asked to turn in their resignation letters. Since the beginning of the s, only one pope — Leo XIII — has reached age 86 while still in the chair. Vatican watchers roundly agree that Francis is not close to stepping down, and instead may push into historic territory, at a time when humans — including popes — are living longer and longer. The straw that broke the camel's back may well have been the disclosure of the pope's personal documents in the "Vatileaks" scandal of That year, in an investigative TV series and best-selling book His Holiness: The Secret Papers of Benedict XVI , Italian journalist Gianluigi Nuzzi revealed to the world a Church management divided by cliques and infighting, the withholding of important financial information from the pope, and the machinations behind the transfer of an archbishop who tried to enforce Benedict's reforms and rat out the uncooperative members of the flock.
Nuzzi's source was soon discovered to be the pope's butler, Paolo Gabriele, who admitted to exposing the private correspondence out of fear that corruption was overtaking the Church.
Sentenced to 18 months in prison by a Vatican court, Gabriele was pardoned by the end of by Benedict, though the damage was already done. In the weeks that followed Benedict's retreat into private life, theories abounded as to why one of the world's most powerful spiritual leaders undertook the legacy-altering move. One conspiracy theory held that he was forced into resignation, but his ongoing use of his papal name and garments were signaling that he still considered himself the rightful head of the Church.
But Benedict has stuck to his original explanation, with a documentary, Benedict XVI: in Honor of Truth , providing supporting evidence that the pope emeritus felt he could no longer publicly lead the 1. Meanwhile, he lives out his days writing and praying in the solitude of the Vatican's Mater Ecclesiae monastery, the full extent of the circumstances and struggles that drove him from the apex of his calling likely shared only with his Savior.
As Benedict's successor, Francis' liberal and minimalistic beliefs are a stark contrast from Benedict's more traditional practices. The president divided the international community and angered a contingent of American athletes with his attempt to punish the Soviet Union. Unable to recite his new work on a blindingly bright day, the poet improvised to deliver a memorable moment for the incoming president.
The New York City couple were executed for conspiracy to commit espionage in , sparking decades of conspiracy talk that produced new twists in the 21st century. In fact, there is no sign that Pope Francis intends to resign soon. And the confusing reports are probably explained by a mistranslation of Italian into English.
The initial social media reports of a pending papal resignation cited a July 12 post by the popular Italian Catholic news aggregator Il Sismografo.
Some social media commentators quoted an out-of-context and poor English translation of the last sentence of the article. The final sentence of the post, which was published at a. Online A. There are several signs that Pope Francis is probably not thinking about resigning, not only in the coming hours, but in the coming days and months. On Sunday, he was well enough to give his regular Angelus address from a balcony on the 10th floor of Gemelli Hospital, and though he spoke for a little less time than usual, he was able to stand, smile, and wave at the people gathered below.
Francis is also planning several trips in the coming months: first to Hungary and Slovakia in September and then Scotland in November. While it is unlikely a papal resignation is imminent, that does not mean it is not possible in the future.
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