Pope Francis has hinted he may step down as the head of the Roman Catholic church some day after saying the church should not have ‘leaders for life’ and comparing it to a country under dictatorship.
Speaking at a rally that had about 30,000 Christians at the Vatican today, the Pope said:
‘Let’s be clear. The only one who cannot be substituted in the Church is the Holy Spirit. There should be a time limit to positions [in the Church], which in reality are positions of service.’
Making clear his comments were not confined to the clergy, Francis added:
‘It is convenient that all [positions] in the Church should have a time limit. There are no leaders for life in the Church. This occurs in some countries where a dictatorship exists.’
In February 2013, Francis’s predecessor Pope Benedict XVI became the first pontiff to resign in 600 years. Francis, 78, has said before that he would be ready to resign instead of ruling for life if he felt he could not continue running the 1.2billion-member Church for health or other reasons.
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