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Pope Francis Signed a letter of withdrawal in 2013 in order to be forced from his duties due to poor health.
“I have already signed my resignation. Tarcisio Bertone was Foreign Minister. I signed it and told him: ‘In terms of obstacles for medical reasons or whatever, here is my resignation” for a report from the New York Post .
The renewed interview comes when Francis had been hospitalized for over a week and is in a critical condition after a asthmatist in a critical condition Respiratory crisis On Saturday according to a report by the Associated Press.
Pope Francis had a peaceful night’s sleep in the hospital after the airway crisis, says Vatican
Pope Francis speaks on February 12, 2025 during the weekly general audience in Paul VI Hall in the city of Vatican. (Vatican media about Vatican Pool/Getty Images)
Francis also received blood transfusions after tests had shown that, according to a report by Reuters, he had a low platelet number.
Francis, who turned 88 in December, has long had questions about what he would do if health problems did not allow him to fulfill his duties. Such questions would have resigned before 2013 when Pope Benedict XVI would have resigned and the first papal resignation would have been in over 600 years.
During the 2022 interview, Francis announced that he offered his resignation to Vatican Minister Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, a transfer from Benedict XVI, about six months after the papational election in March 2013, offered an overview of the Vatican, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, .
On February 12, 2025, Pope Francis delivers his break during the weekly general audience in Hall Paul VI. (Reuters/Ciro de Luca/FileFoto)
Pope Francis shares a written message while continuing the hospital stay
“You have it. I don’t know who Cardinal Bertone gave it, but I gave it to him when he was a foreign minister,” said Francis at the time.
When Francis continued his hospital stay in Rome On Sunday he announced a message that thanked those who kept him in their prayers during his health struggle.
“I recently received a lot of inclusion messages and I was particularly struck by the letters and drawings of children,” Pope Francis wrote on X Sunday. “Thanks for your closeness and for the comforting prayers that I received from all over the world!”
Pope Francis welcomes people during the weekly general public on January 10, 2024 in the Vatican City. (Vatican media about Vatican Pool/Getty Images)
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“I ask you to continue your apostolate with joy and be a sign of a love that hugs everyone, as the #Gospeloftheday suggests,” said another contribution. “May we transform evil into goodness and build a fraternal world. Don’t be afraid to take risks to love!”
