gcreptile 10,979 Posted July 4, 2022 He denies the retirement plans: https://www.reuters.com/world/exclusive-pope-francis-denies-he-is-planning-resign-soon-2022-07-04/ 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Evil Grimace 359 Posted July 20, 2022 On 04/07/2022 at 13:29, gcreptile said: He denies the retirement plans: https://www.reuters.com/world/exclusive-pope-francis-denies-he-is-planning-resign-soon-2022-07-04/ On track to visit Canada this Sunday: https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/pope-canada-visit-comments-1.6523304 Refers to the trip as 'a "pilgrimage of penance" that he hopes can help heal the wrongs done to Indigenous people by Roman Catholic priests and nuns who ran abusive residential schools'. Also repeats the statement from the Reuters interview quoted above on his health issues (he had suffered "a small fracture" in the knee when he took a misstep while a ligament was inflamed). 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lafaucheuse 4,051 Posted July 30, 2022 While coming back from Canada yesterday, Pope Francis admits he can’t do such long And exhausting trips anymore and says that « at his age, he should take care of himself because he has declined » 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,763 Posted September 13, 2022 In Kazakhstan today. Mostly fine but see around 22:58, seems like he can barely stand or walk. Physically he's declined quite a lot this year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lafaucheuse 4,051 Posted September 16, 2022 Won’t attend her majesty funeral 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TQR 14,404 Posted September 16, 2022 Neither will I. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,480 Posted September 16, 2022 I do genuinely believe he needs to go on the DL asap as he won't see 90. 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wannamaker 1,413 Posted September 16, 2022 7 hours ago, msc said: I do genuinely believe he needs to go on the DL asap as he won't see 90. Wouldn't mind having the two popes on next year's list. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Windsor 2,233 Posted September 16, 2022 12 hours ago, Lafaucheuse said: Won’t attend her majesty funeral Is that not just because he's a Celtic supporter though? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RoverAndOut 4,746 Posted September 17, 2022 On 16/09/2022 at 13:19, msc said: I do genuinely believe he needs to go on the DL asap as he won't see 90. It is utterly perplexing isn't it? I mean, Catholics are Catholics and all that, they're not the most progressive of fellows, but how can someone seen as the most compassionate, open-minded Pope in years be set to die while the previous Nazi incumbent still breathes. The Lord moves in incredibly mysterious ways... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,763 Posted November 4, 2022 Meets Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Bart 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,066 Posted January 16, 2023 On 04/07/2022 at 13:29, gcreptile said: He denies the retirement plans: https://www.reuters.com/world/exclusive-pope-francis-denies-he-is-planning-resign-soon-2022-07-04/ However, now that Benedict has gone to meet the voices in his head, heavy hints dropped by Frankie (do you remember me?) that he's maybe going to give it up (give it up, baby, give it up, na na na na na na na): https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11639905/Pope-fuels-rumours-quit-sermon-virtue-stepping-aside-right-time.html 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,480 Posted January 16, 2023 23 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: However, now that Benedict has gone to meet the voices in his head, heavy hints dropped by Frankie (do you remember me?) that he's maybe going to give it up (give it up, baby, give it up, na na na na na na na): https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11639905/Pope-fuels-rumours-quit-sermon-virtue-stepping-aside-right-time.html imo he will retire (if he doesn't die first of course) in 2 or 3 years, after he's been able to replace some of the Cardinal gaps with folk from his side of the Catholic Church. A harder task than shifting Vince McMahon, an easier task than reversing the fortunes of Scottish Labour. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,974 Posted January 25, 2023 In good health accrding to the man himself, but diverticulitis is back. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Windsor 2,233 Posted January 25, 2023 On 16/01/2023 at 13:49, msc said: imo he will retire (if he doesn't die first of course) The Queen might’ve abdicated…if she didn’t die first of course… Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,480 Posted January 25, 2023 1 hour ago, Windsor said: The Queen might’ve abdicated…if she didn’t die first of course… Would she, bollocks. Her mum went to her grave blaming Edward VIII's Nazi loving missus for speeding up George VI's health issues. She was a work till you drop type of monarch. Or, a drop so you never need to meet Liz Truss ever again type of monarch. Just think, if only she'd known Truss was gone in 40 days/seconds... 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean 6,337 Posted January 25, 2023 I'm sure she wouldn't have been surprised.She had enough experience to suss out Prime Ministers. I think the Queen had her final decline not been so swift would have had appointed Charles regent but would I think have wanted to resist doing so which she did manage to do.If she had been bedbound unable to hold telephone conversations and read and sign papers she qould have had to. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,155 Posted January 25, 2023 4 hours ago, Sean said: I think the Queen had her final decline not been so swift would have had appointed Charles regent but would I think have wanted to resist doing so which she did manage to do.If she had been bedbound unable to hold telephone conversations and read and sign papers she qould have had to. She didn't need to appoint him regent, just do exactly what she did - let him represent her at various occasions and carry out tasks when she wasn't feeling up to it. That's not the same thing. There would only have been need for a regent if she had not been mentally capable. In which case she wouldn't have been fit to decide. The appointment would have been made by the Counsellors of State. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lafaucheuse 4,051 Posted January 25, 2023 On another note, he said that homosexuality is not a crime but a sin. A little step for men… a little step for humanity Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Windsor 2,233 Posted January 25, 2023 18 minutes ago, Lafaucheuse said: On another note, he said that homosexuality is not a crime but a sin. A little step for men… a little step for humanity 8/10 Priests prefer it… 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean 6,337 Posted January 25, 2023 2 hours ago, Toast said: She didn't need to appoint him regent, just do exactly what she did - let him represent her at various occasions and carry out tasks when she wasn't feeling up to it. That's not the same thing. There would only have been need for a regent if she had not been mentally capable. In which case she wouldn't have been fit to decide. The appointment would have been made by the Counsellors of State. That is what I was saying.It wasn't necessary but if she had become ill to the point she could not function either mentally or her physical health was so poor she was bedbound or unable to do anything at all (eg stroke, paralysis or something severe enough that she was alive buy unable to function at a basic physical level ) then she would have had to. Fortunately it never came to that and she was able to carry on as best she could until virtually the end. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,608 Posted January 26, 2023 12 hours ago, Windsor said: 8/10 Priests prefer it… One of the reasons for declining number of priests. No need to join anymore in many countries to hide it. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,979 Posted February 23, 2023 Cancels events because of a heavy cold (german source): https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/papst-franziskus-sagt-wegen-schwerer-erkaeltung-termine-ab-a-8c730d3b-e0b1-4bc5-a542-ebb2f9531cfd The cancellations seem to get more frequent. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DCI Frank Burnside 3,887 Posted February 23, 2023 Resignation in the Autumn I reckon 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,763 Posted February 23, 2023 Correct me if I'm wrong, but as far as I know he doesn't have a lot of "enemies" in the Vatican anymore. Seems like a lot of them have died during the last few years. There's the US assholes Raymond Burke and Timothy Broglio, Walter Brandmüller who is 94, maybe Gerhard Ludwig Müller and Francis Arinze. Juan Sandoval Íñiguez is another hardliner but seems to be quite ill. Who else? 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
