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Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia: The pope is not a president

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I.Media - published on 03/26/25
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The president of the Academy for Life spoke of the pope’s fragility during a press conference before a Vatican event on the topic of old age on March 24, 2025.

The day after Pope Francis returned to the Vatican after five weeks of hospitalization, some questioned the ability of the 88-year-old pontiff to govern the Catholic Church. Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, president of the Pontifical Academy for Life, explained that it is necessary to move away from an “overly functionalist conception” of the papacy. Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State of the Holy See, agreed that the Pope should not be “too disturbed” for the moment.

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