Pope Francis denies resignation rumors

Pope Francis has denied rumors that he'll quickly be stepping down regardless of latest well being troubles and canceled journeys.

Francis acknowledged the issues and coincidences resulting in hypothesis about his future as pope however insisted he has no speedy plans to resign in an interview with Reuters.

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With a big assembly of the Catholic Church's cardinals, a cardinal induction ceremony, and a go to to L'Aquila, an Italian metropolis linked with papal resignation, all deliberate for this August, hypothesis a few resignation started to emerge.

"All of those coincidences made some assume that the identical 'liturgy' would occur," Francis stated within the interview printed on Monday. "Nevertheless it by no means entered my thoughts. For the second, no, for the second, no. Actually!"

The pope's well being has additionally been a motive for hypothesis, with the chief of the Catholic Church being restricted in mobility because of a knee damage.

Within the interview, Francis denied rumors that he had most cancers when he had an operation on his colon final yr, calling the process a "nice success."

The Vatican not too long ago canceled a visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Sudan because of wanted remedy and relaxation for Francis's restoration. He nonetheless plans on making a visit to Canada later this month.

Within the interview, the Pope reiterated if his well being had been to say no to some extent the place he couldn't carry out his duties, then he might resign.