>L’Aquila, a central Italian city which Francis visited briefly, is the burial place of Celestine V, who resigned as pope in 1294 after only five months to return to his life as a hermit, establishing a papal prerogative. However, in an interview with Reuters last month Francis, 85, laughed the idea off, saying “it never entered my mind”, while leaving open the possibility that he could step down for health reasons in the distant future. In the homily of a Mass for thousands of people in a central square, Francis noted that in “The Divine Comedy”, Dante Alighieri condemned Celestine for having carried out what the medieval poet called “The Great Refusal”.
We have few examples, but more than humble they usually are pedofile enablers.
Then be humble you old geezer
Hope he steps down soon. Leftist nutter.
I think he wants to step down and is just waiting for Pope Benedict to pass to avoid the confusion of having three popes alive at the same time
Is there anyone other than Cardinal Sarah that would be a frontrunner to replace him?
Nothing says humble like telling everyone how humble you are. Lol – absolutely no self awareness.
please do step down, calling an advocate for genocide like dugina innocent is not a good look.
Ratzinger looked like the least humble pope ever, and he resigned.
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>L’Aquila, a central Italian city which Francis visited briefly, is the burial place of Celestine V, who resigned as pope in 1294 after only five months to return to his life as a hermit, establishing a papal prerogative. However, in an interview with Reuters last month Francis, 85, laughed the idea off, saying “it never entered my mind”, while leaving open the possibility that he could step down for health reasons in the distant future. In the homily of a Mass for thousands of people in a central square, Francis noted that in “The Divine Comedy”, Dante Alighieri condemned Celestine for having carried out what the medieval poet called “The Great Refusal”.
We have few examples, but more than humble they usually are pedofile enablers.
Then be humble you old geezer
Hope he steps down soon. Leftist nutter.
I think he wants to step down and is just waiting for Pope Benedict to pass to avoid the confusion of having three popes alive at the same time
Is there anyone other than Cardinal Sarah that would be a frontrunner to replace him?
Nothing says humble like telling everyone how humble you are. Lol – absolutely no self awareness.
please do step down, calling an advocate for genocide like dugina innocent is not a good look.
Ratzinger looked like the least humble pope ever, and he resigned.