
Francis,
78, has said before that he would be ready to resign instead of ruling
for life if he felt he could not continue running the 1.2billion-member
Church for health or other reasons.
'Let's
be clear. The only one who cannot be substituted in the Church is the
Holy Spirit,' the Argentinian-born pontiff told 30,000 people at a rally
of Christians at the Vatican today.
He added: 'There should be a time limit to positions [in the...