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Pope says signed resignation letter should health fail

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Pope Francis has said in the past that he would step down from the papacy should health problems keep him from his duties. Read more at straitstimes.com.

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis revealed for the first time in an interview on Sunday that he had signed a resignation letter nearly a decade ago should poor health prevent him from carrying out his duties.

In Spanish newspaper ABC, the pontiff said he signed his resignation letter and handed it over to the Vatican’s secretary of state, Tarcisio Bertone, before that cardinal’s retirement in 2013. Asked by the interviewer whether he wanted that fact to be known, Pope Francis replied: “That’s why I’m telling you.”Pope Francis has beenwhich has forced him to rely on a wheelchair in recent months.

 

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