Francis Is Going to Be 80 — The Possibility of a Resignation
Roberto de Mattei
Francis cannot resign from an office he doesn't hold. Francis is an antipope and not the true Pope. The next Pope will come after Pope Benedict XVI flees Rome
Pope Francis is crossing the threshold of 80: Ingravescentem aetatem (advanced age), as the motu proprio of 21 November 1970 by Paul VI declared, which, by reaching this age, requires all cardinals to put their tasks to an end, and deprives them of the right to participate in the conclave. Paul VI. established this rule to create a new “Montinian” curia. Moreover, he introduced a fundamental contradiction in the Church’s more than a thousand years of practice.