Pope, in new book, says he has not considered resigning

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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — A pope’s ministry is meant to last his lifetime, Pope Francis said, and, at least until now, he has not considered resigning.

However, he wrote in a new book, if he were seriously impaired, he would resign, but unlike the late Pope Benedict XVI, he would use the title “bishop of Rome emeritus” rather than pope emeritus and he would live at Rome’s Basilica of St. Mary Major “to serve as a confessor and give Communion to the sick” rather than live at the Vatican.

Pope Francis’ reflections on his life and his future are included in a new book, “Life: My Story Through History,” written with Italian journalist Fabio Marchese Ragona. The book is scheduled for a global release by HarperCollins March 19, but the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera published excerpts March 14.

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Pope, in new book, says he has not considered resigning

In excerpts from a new book, Pope Francis says he's not considering resigning, but if it were to happen he'd live at the Basilica of St. Mary Major and hear confessions.

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Not only “blessings”: Now Francis voices approval of the need of “legal recognition” of same-sex “unions”​

In yet another set of declarations, included in his “autobiography” to be published in a few days by HarperCollins.

From the excerpt made available by Italian daily “Corriere della Sera”:

"It is right that these people who are living the gift of love can have legal coverage like everyone else. Jesus often went out to meet people who lived on the margins, and that's what the Church should do today with people from the LGBTQ+ community, who within the Church are often marginalized: make them feel at home, especially those who have received baptism and are in effect part of God's people. And those who have not received baptism and wish to receive it, or those who wish to be godparents, please let them be welcomed."

Not only “blessings”: Now Francis voices approval of the need of “legal recognition” of same-sex “unions”

In yet another set of declarations, included in his “autobiography” to be published in a few days by HarperCollins. From the excerpt made a...

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