Although he gave no indication he plans to retire soon, Pope Francis in a new interview said he has already signed a letter of resignation in case he is incapacitated and unable to perform his duties , the Crux website reports today (Dec. 19, 2022).
Speaking to Spanish news site ABC, Pope Francis said "I have already signed my renunciation," indicating he penned the document in the early stages of his papacy, when his Secretary of State was still Italian Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone who served in that capacity for the first seven months of Francis's papacy.
In the interview, conducted yesterday, Francis said he gave Bertone his signed letter of resignation, saying "If I should become impaired for medical reasons or whatever, here is my renunciation. Here you have it."
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