Pope says option of resigning is only 'a distant hypothesis'


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  • Thursday, 14 Mar 2024

FILE PHOTO: Pope Francis attends the weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, March 13, 2024. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane/File Photo

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's Corriere della Sera newspaper on Thursday.

"This is a distant hypothesis, because I don't have reasons serious enough to make me think about giving up," Francis was quoted as saying in a "Life - My Story in History," a book based on an interview with the pope that is due to be out in Italy on March 19.

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