Pope Francis Issues Health Update

Pope Francis Issues Health Update As He Rules Out Stepping Down
Pope Francis has downplayed health issues and insisted he has no plans to resign. "I am well," the 88-year-old says in his new memoir released on Tuesday Hope: The Autobiography, Reuters reported. "The reality is,
Pope Francis, in new book, downplays health issues: 'I am well'
Pope Francis, who turned 88 last month and asked an aide to read a major speech last week due to a cold, says in a new book that he feels healthy and has no plans to resign as leader of the global Catholic Church.
Pope Francis’ Autobiography, ‘Hope,’ Arrives in Bookstores
The book, which was six years in the making, vividly recreates Francis’ childhood in Buenos Aires but offers few new insights into his papacy.
Pope Francis becomes first ever pontiff to publish autobiography
Pope Francis has released is autobiography "Hope". The book shares anecdotes from his life alongside his thoughts on the most trying issues of the era.
Hope — Pope Francis’s surprising, joyful call for spiritual renewal
The book’s publishers say Francis wished for Hope to come out after his death, but brought it forward for the current Catholic jubilee year and the “needs of our times”. Once intrigued by Argentine strongman Juan Perón, he opposes today’s sectarian populism. The antidote to it is “entering into harmony with the soul of the people”.
Pope Francis is introspective and self-critical in his autobiography, at least about his youth
An introspective Pope Francis has divulged some of the behind-the-scenes dynamics of the secret 2013 conclave that elected him pope and the resistance he has encountered ever since, in his autobiography being released Tuesday that also doubles down on some of his more controversial decisions as pontiff.
Pope Francis’ new autobiography traces roots and rise to Vatican
Tuesday marks the release of the first autobiography by a living pope: “Hope” by Pope Francis. NBC’s Anne Thompson reports for TODAY on what’s included in the new book.
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