Word: messori
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Once taboo, talk of the Pope's retirement is openly heard in some Vatican circles. Though retirement is allowed under church law, no one has renounced the papacy since Gregory XII in the 15th century. After John Paul was unable to lead the Palm Sunday procession, Vittorio Messori, a Catholic commentator who has interviewed the Pope at length, wrote a front-page article in the Milan daily Corriere della Sera that offered the first open questions from church conservatives on the matter. "Even with all the trust in the Holy Spirit, can the church live with such uncertainty?" Messori cited...
...Guatemala. If he goes ahead with his travels, John Paul may bring along a wheelchair, a prospect that apparently doesn't shame the first Pope to be photographed in a hospital bed. More important than the Pontiff's legs is his mind. And that so far appears sound. Messori, who recently studied the history of papal health, says he has faith "in the protection of the Holy Spirit." Of all the maladies suffered by Popes over the past 2,000 years, he says, there's no record of one with dementia...