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The Associated Press reports:
Pope Francis added fuel to rumors about the future of his pontificate by announcing he would visit the central Italian city of L’Aquila in August for a feast initiated by Pope Celestine V, one of the few pontiffs who resigned before Pope Benedict XVI stepped down in 2013.
Italian and Catholic media have been rife with unsourced speculation that the 85-year-old Francis might be planning to follow in Benedict’s footsteps, given his increased mobility problems that have forced him to use a wheelchair for the last month.
Those rumors gained steam last week when Francis announced a consistory to create 21 new cardinals scheduled for Aug. 27. Sixteen of those cardinals are under age 80 and eligible to vote in a conclave to elect Francis’ successor.
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Vatican watchers believe that Francis is stacking the deck with cardinals who would approve a successor who shares his relatively moderate views. Right wingers and hardline Catholics have long loathed Francis for his messages on LGBTQ issues, immigration, and communion.
Aug. 28, a day after creating 21 new cardinals, Pope Francis will visit the Cathedral of L’Aquila, where the tomb of Pope Celestine V is. He was the first pope in history to resign. In 2009, Benedict XVI, who would become the second pontiff to step down, left his pallium there. pic.twitter.com/LhFdVn6ijX
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