FILE PHOTO: Pope Francis (R) talks with Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI at the Castel Gandolfo summer residence, south of Rome March 23, 2013.REUTERS/Osservatore Romano
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Former pope Benedict has chided conservative Roman Catholics who have not accepted his decision to resign as "fanatical", telling them that there is only one pope and it is Francis.
Benedict, now 93, in 2013 became the first pope in more than 600 years to resign instead of ruling for life, saying he no longer had the strength to govern the 1.3 billion-member Church.
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