Francis hints at brief pontificate

MarieT · Post by **MarieT** » Thu Apr 16, 2015 6:20 am

Pope Francis has suggested he may resign his papacy like his predecessor, rather than remain at the Vatican for life.

The pontiff made the comments during a interview with Mexican television, marking the second anniversary of his election.

"I have the feeling that my pontificate will be brief. Four or five years; I do not know, even two or three," he said.

"Do you like being Pope?" the reporter asked. "It doesn't displease me!" the Pope replied.

However, he said two years of his papacy had now passed and he felt it would not continue for very much longer.

"I do not know. But I feel that the Lord has placed me here for a short time, and nothing more," he added.

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