Pope Francis Announces I'm Only Here For A Short Time
And
Extraordinary "Holy Year" Beginning In December 2015
It Is Also the Scriptural "Year Of Jubilee" for the Hebrews
Rome, March 13 - Pope Francis on Friday announced an extraordinary Holy
Year devoted to mercy starting December 8 2015, 50 years from the end of
the Second Vatican Council, with the opening of St Peter's Basilica
Holy Door, and ending on November 20, 2016. The bull calling the year
will be formally published on April 12, the Sunday of Divine Mercy.
Earlier, he told a Mexican TV channel Friday, the second anniversary of his election, that he "had the feeling" that his papacy "will be short".
Earlier, he told a Mexican TV channel Friday, the second anniversary of his election, that he "had the feeling" that his papacy "will be short".
However, he did not say he would consider resignation.
That was the choice of his predecessor Benedict XVI, who shocked the world by taking the very unusual step in early 2013 of resigning the papacy for health and age reasons.
"I have the feeling that my pontificate
will be brief: four or five years; I do not know, even two or three,"
said Francis. "Two have already passed," he added.
"It is a somewhat
vague sensation. Maybe it's like the psychology of the gambler who
convinces himself he will lose so he won't be disappointed and if he
wins, is happy," the pope continued.
"I do not know. But I feel that
the Lord has placed me here for a short time, and nothing more...But it
is a feeling. I always leave the possibility (to change) open".
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