In Italy, they speculate on a possible resignation of Pope Francis

August 23, 2021 – 11:11
“Francisco is thinking of resigning,” says Italian media Libero Quotidiano. The title in question leaves room for an in-depth theological analysis of the morning.

Pope Francis would consider resigning due to his precarious state of health, according to the Italian press. The surprising novelty, without further precision, then leaves room for an analysis linked to the Vatican crisis, which is given by the divergences of the Catholic hierarchy. “But didn’t he just have harmless bowel diverticulitis, as the Vatican said a month ago?” Asks the Libero Quotidiano.

Without further details, the aforementioned media delves into the merits of the affair, a long controversy surrounding Catholicism. “Barely 11 days have passed since Professor Antonio Sánchez, lawyer at the University of Seville was asked here whether a good exit strategy for Francis would be to resign to end the disputes over the ‘resignation’ of the Pope Benedict and continue his anti-papal line with a conclave of 80 invalid cardinals “su”, right? “

And the answer had been: “Yes. Once cornered, that would be the only thing for Bergoglio that he could do to at least save his line of antipapal succession and complete his work of disintegrating and ‘changing’ the Catholic Church. . “

But Elisabetta Piqué, the Vatican correspondent for LS5 Radio Rivadavia, clarified: “There is no prospect of the Pope’s resignation.

On the air of “Someone must say it” with Eduardo Feinmann, the journalist underlined: “This article must be taken with a lot of tweezers”.

To all this, the Argentinian Jorge Bergoglio has already announced for a long time (since March 2020 more precisely) that he does not rule out an early resignation from his papacy.

“You know that for me this day is different from the others: I am not Sovereign Pontiff of the Catholic Church, that is to say that I will be until eight o’clock this afternoon, then more. I am simply a pilgrim who begins the last stage of his pilgrimage in this land, ”he said in March 2020 from the balcony overlooking St. Peter’s Square.

The Libero Quotidiano comments on what would be “the surrealist situation of” two emeritus popes, including a legally non-existent patched up at the end, after eight years, to also make room for Bergoglio. “

“Nobody asks what Pope Benedict XVI has been all this time: a crypto cardinal in summer costume?”, The Italian newspaper introduces controversy.

He then moves on to the Declaration of Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger, Benedict XVI, the 265th Catholic Pope, Francis’ predecessor. And what he defines as “the silence of the Vatican” on the whole issue.

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