“Resignation is a possibility open to all popes,” Francis told TV talk-show host Fabio Fazio on his show Che Tempo Che Fa on the Nove channel on Sunday evening.
“But at the moment it is not at the centre of my thoughts.”
The Argentine pontiff added that he yearns to return to his homeland, as he has not been there for ten years, and said he will travel to Polynesia in August.
Francis defended his decision to allow gay couples to be blessed, while adding that “there is a price to pay in terms of solitude”.
He said he was worried about the wars around the world and the “drama” of migrants and “children who get discarded and no longer smile”.
“This is criminal,” he said.
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