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Here’s what you need to know Is Pope Francis Resigning In 2020?

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People are speculating on the Internet that Pope Francis is resigning. However, is this story true? The answer is that it’s unconfirmed, and the reports, which have emanated from a handful of European websites, are hinged on a quote from an author who denies saying it. Pope Francis and the Vatican have not confirmed that the Pope is resigning.

The report circulated on December 23 on a couple of European websites. But the author – a Francis biographer – who is quoted as the basis for the rumor on those websites has tweeted that it’s “fake news.” Indeed, he doesn’t believe that the Pope’s resignation is imminent, in part because he believes that the Pope is focused on helping humanity through the COVID-19 pandemic.

“The #fakenews story keeps getting picked up about my predicting the pope’s resignation in 2020. Because he has ignored my tweets and messages, I have now emailed (attached) the @Daily_Express reporter @CallumHoare asking for a correction and its removal. Don’t hold your breath,” wrote Austen Ivereigh.

In a letter to a British publication that he posted to Twitter, Ivereigh called it “absurd to speculate about the Pope resigning in 2020 when he has an apostolic visit planned to Iraq in March 2021, Pope Emeritus Benedict remains very much alive, and Francis himself is in rude good health.”

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Ivereigh Says a Quote Attributed to Him About the Pope’s Supposed Resignation Was Made Up

In a letter to a British publication, Ivereigh called an article reporting the supposed resignation as “grotesquely untrue.” He said the Daily Express had made “attempts to use me to buttress its false claims.”

He said it’s tarnishing his reputation as well as that of Pope Francis. Ivereigh said a widely circulated quote that he said, “I don’t think there’s ever been any doubt that he will resign in 2020” was not true.

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