The Italian press relaunches the rumors of a resignation of Pope Francis

As an argument, the media quoted a sentence from the Pope himself, uttered a year and a half ago, when he said “you know that for me this day is different from the others: I am not the sovereign pontiff of the ‘icatholic glesia; I mean, I’ll be up to eight, then more. I am simply a pilgrim who begins the last leg of his pilgrimage. “

Other media like Daily fact He rejected the information, although he admitted the existence of a climate of “pre-conclave” which stems from the deep divisions between sectors linked to Pope Francis’ reformism and those traditionally linked to the Roman Curia.

This media highlights as a sign that the Pope is not considering a future resignation the fact that he has resumed private audiences and even organized a trip for mid-September to Hungary and Slovakia.

“The author of the article is Antonio Socci, who has always been a fervent critic of Jorge Bergoglio to the point of asserting, completely unfounded, that his choice is null and void,” recalled Il Fatto Quotidiano.