for Pope Francis released from hospital, giving up is not on the agenda

The gait is hesitant. But the pope wanted to show himself standing with the faithful, hugging a mother who has just lost her daughter. With a clear message:I’m still alive” Reassuring images and a sequence that contrasts with the hearing on Wednesday, where he seemed exhausted. It was a few hours before his hospitalization. But his state of health has been worrying for several months.

Assemble a conclave if its forces run out

So can this latest warning push François to give up? Yes, if most of his statements are to be believed. As in December, in a Spanish newspaper, where he indicated that he had already signed his waiver in the event of medical impediment. Last January, he even imagined his life after, outside the Vatican. But more recently, during his trip to Africa, he seemed to have changed his mind saying that the pope’s resignation should not become the norm. According to Vatican specialists, in Francis’ mind, giving up is not on the agenda. And if however the forces were to fail him, that he decided to give up like his predecessor Benedict XVI, then as in 2013, a conclave would have to be convened within 30 days, so that the cardinals elect, behind closed doors, the new leader. from the church.