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Pope’s health issues fuel resignation rumours
The Straits Times
|June 21, 2022
Pope Francis has fuelled the rumour mill with a postponed Africa trip and the curious timing of a meeting of cardinals, but experts caution against assuming a resignation is nigh.
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VATICAN CITY • Hobbled by pain in his knee and forced to use a wheelchair in recent weeks, the 85-year-old pontiff postponed a July trip to the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan last week.
That move, along with an unusual decision to hold a consistory to name new cardinals during the vacation month of August, triggered intense speculation about his plans for the future, including the most radical – that he was planning to step down.
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