Pope Denies Rumors That He’ll Soon Resign [VIDEO]

The Associated Press reports:

Pope Francis has dismissed rumors he plans to resign anytime soon and that he hopes to visit Moscow and Kyiv after traveling to Canada later this month. Francis also told Reuters in an interview published Monday that the idea “never entered my mind” to announce a planned retirement at the end of the summer, though he repeated he might step down some day as Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI did in 2013.

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In an exclusive interview with @Reuters, Pope Francis said he was not planning to resign anytime soon https://t.co/ZYoBa4WrQS pic.twitter.com/G4rijmoVqt

— Reuters (@Reuters) July 4, 2022