12/19/2022
Francis, who turned 86 on Saturday, had surgery in 2021 to repair a bowel narrowing and has been dealing with knee pain that for months saw him use a wheelchair. Lately, he has increasingly used a cane instead of the wheelchair to get around in public
Francis, speaking to the Spanish newspaper ABC, said he wrote the letter shortly after being elected pontiff in 2013 and handed it to Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, who then was the Vatican secretary of state. Cardinal Pietro Parolin is now in that role and Francis believes he is in possession of the instruction.Â
Francis said he was sure Bertone would have passed on the letter to the current secretary of state.
He joked that now he has revealed the existence of his resignation note, “someone will run up to [Parolin] (saying), ‘Give me that piece of paper.’”
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