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Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Cardinal Donald Wuerl, the archbishop of Washington, three years after it was submitted. Pope accepts resignation of cardinal accused of covering up clergy ...
As of 21 September 2018, Francis had accepted the resignations of 7 bishops, [64] including Barros. [65] [66] Horacio Valenzuela, another Chilean Bishop linked to the Karadima scandal, would also have his resignation accepted by Pope Francis. [67] [68]
The most recent pope to resign was Benedict XVI, who vacated the Holy See on 28 February 2013, the date of his effective resignation. He was the first pope to do so since Gregory XII in 1415. Despite its common usage in discussion of papal renunciations, [2] the term abdication is not used in the official documents of the church for ...
On 11 February 2013, Benedict XVI announced his resignation from the papacy effective 28 February 2013 at 20:00 local time (19:00 UTC). [2] [3] [4] He was the first pope to resign since Gregory XII in 1415, [5] and the first to do so of his own volition since Celestine V in 1294. [6] [7]
Pope Francis has revealed in an interview published Sunday Dec. 18, 2022 that shortly after being elected pontiff in 2013 he wrote a resignation letter in case medical problems impede him from ...
But all Catholic bishops are required to submit their resignation to the pope when they turn 75. Pope Francis can choose to accept it whenever he has selected a replacement. Some bishops continue ...
On September 21, 2023, Pope Francis accepted his resignation due to health reasons, and Bishop Mylo Hubert Vergara was appointed as the apostolic administrator of the diocese. [ 4 ] [ 6 ] References
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis has no intention of resigning as he feels that his health is good enough to allow him to carry on, he says in a new book whose excerpts were published by Italy ...