Pope Francis He signed a 2013 resignation letter to be used in case he was forced from his duties as a result of poor health.
“I have already signed my resignation. Bertone Tarcio was the Secretary of State. I signed him and I told him:” In the event of an obstacle for medical reasons or anything, here’s my resignation, “Pope said during the 2022 interview, states reports to reports at the time from New York Post.
Re -interview comes because Francis has been hospitalized for more than a week, and it has been reported that he is in critical condition after suffered asthmatics respiratory crisis On Saturday, according to the Associated Press report.
Pope Francis had a quiet night break at the hospital after a respiratory crisis, says Vatican
Pope Francis speaks during the weekly general audience in the Paul VI Hall on February 12, 2025 in the Vatican. (Vatican media via the Vatican Pool/Getty Images)
Francis also received blood transfusion after the tests found that it had a low platelet number, the Reuters report said.
Francis, who turned 88 in December, has long faced questions about what he would do if health problems could not perform his duties. Such questions would be unheard of before 2013, when Pope Benedict XVI resigned, becoming the first papal resignation in more than 600 years.
During the 2022 interview, Francis gave a letter to the state secretary of the Vatican, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, which is a hold of Benedict XVI, about six months after he was elected in Ponanity in March 2013.
Pope Francis brings his homily during the weekly general audience in Paul VI Hall on February 12, 2025 in the City of Vatican. (Reuters/Ciro de Luca/File Photo)
Pope Francis shares a written message as he continues hospitalization
“You have. I don’t know to whom Cardinal Bertone may have given him, but I gave him when he was a secretary of state,” Francis said at the time.
While Francis continued his hospitalization in Rome On Sunday, he shared a message thanks to those who kept him in their prayers during his health struggle.
“I recently received a lot of favor messages, and I was particularly hit by letters and drawings from children,” Pope Francis reported in X Sunday. “Thank you for your closeness and for the comforting prayers I have received from all over the world!”
Pope Francis welcomes people during the weekly general audience on January 10, 2024 in the Vatican. (Vatican media via the Vatican Pool/Getty Images)
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“I invite you to continue your apostolate with joy and to be a sign of love that accepts everything, as it suggests #Gospeloftheday,” the second post said. “Can we turn evil into goodness and build a fraternity world. Don’t be afraid to get risk for love!”
