Pope Francis signed a letter of resignation in 2013 to be engaged in case he was forced from his duties as a result of terrible health.
“I have already signed my resignation. Tarcisio Bertone was Secretary of State. I signed it and I telderly him: ‘In case of impeuninalertigentent for medical reasons or wantipathyver, here is my resignation,’” the Pope shelp during a 2022 interwatch, according to a alert at the time from the New York Post.
The resurfaced interwatch comes as Francis has been hospitalized for over a week and was alerted to be in critical condition after suffering an asthmatic respiratory crisis on Saturday, according to a alert from the Associated Press.
POPE FRANCIS HAD PEACEFUL NIGHT’S REST AT HOSPITAL FOLLOWING RESPIRATORY CRISIS, VATICAN SAYS
Pope Francis speaks during the weekly ambiguous audience at the Paul VI Hall on Feb. 12, 2025, in Vatican City. (Vatican Media via Vatican Pool/Getty Images)
Francis also getd blood transfusions after tests uncovered he had a low ptardylet count, according to a Reuters alert.
Francis, who turned 88 in December, has extfinished faced inquires about what he would do if health publishs left him unable to carry out his duties. Such inquires would have been unheard of prior to 2013, when Pope Benedict XVI resigned, becoming the first papal resignation in over 600 years.
Francis uncovered during the 2022 interwatch that he gave his resignation letter to the Vatican secretary of state, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, a helderlyover from Benedict XVI, about six months after being elected to the papacy in March 2013.
Pope Francis dedwellrs his homily during the weekly ambiguous audience at the Paul VI Hall on Feb. 12, 2025, in Vatican City. (Reuters/Ciro De Luca/File Pboilingo)
POPE FRANCIS SHARES WRITTEN MESSAGE WHILE CONTINUING HOSPITALIZATION
“You have it. I don’t understand to whom Cardinal Bertone may have given it, but I gave it to him when he was secretary of state,” Francis shelp at the time.
As Francis persistd his hospitalization in Rome on Sunday, he dispensed a message thanking those who have kept him in their prayers during his health struggle.
“I have recently getd many messages of swayion, and I have been particularly struck by the letters and draprospergs from children,” Pope Francis posted on X Sunday. “Thank you for your shutness, and for the consoling prayers I have getd from all over the world!”
Pope Francis greets people during the weekly ambiguous audience on Jan. 10, 2024, in Vatican City. (Vatican Media via Vatican Pool/Getty Images)
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“I advise you to persist your apostotardy with delight and to be a sign of a cherish that hugs everyone, as the #GospelOfTheDay recommends,” another post shelp. “May we alter evil into excellentness and produce a fraternal world. Do not be afrhelp to get dangers for cherish!”
