Chicago archbishop says pope emeritus will not be ‘a pastor who governs’
(MCT) — ROME — Cardinal Francis George hopes to become the first Roman Catholic archbishop of Chicago to live to retire. But he didn’t expect the Holy Father to take that same approach.
George watched from the rooftop of the Pontifical North American College in Rome on Thursday as the white helicopter carrying then-Pope Benedict XVI circled St. Peter’s Square and flew out of sight.
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