Pope Francis has denied rumors that he is going to retire soon.

Pope Francis denied reports that he plans to retire in the near future, saying he is going to visit Canada this month and hopes to be able to travel to Moscow and Kyiv as soon as possible after that.

In an interview with Reuters, the Pope also dismissed rumors that he had cancer, joking that his doctors “didn’t tell me anything about it.”
When asked about his condition, the Pope joked: “I’m still alive.”

He gave details of his illness publicly for the first time, saying he suffered a “small fracture” of his knee when he miscalculated when one of his ligaments became inflamed.

“I’m fine, slowly getting better,” he continued, adding that the fracture was caused by viscous, laser and magnetic therapy.
The pope also dismissed rumors of cancer a year ago when he underwent a six-hour operation to remove part of his colon due to diverticulitis, which is common among older people.

“He doesn’t want to have knee surgery because general anesthesia in surgery last year had negative side effects,” he said.
Speaking about the situation in Ukraine, the Pope noted that there had been contacts between Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Petr Parolin and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov about a possible visit to Moscow, adding: “I would like to go to Ukraine, and at first I wanted to go to Moscow. We exchanged messages about this. “Because I wondered if the Russian president would give me a small window to serve the cause of peace.”
“Now, perhaps after I return from Canada, I can go to Ukraine,” he continued. “The first thing to do is to go to Russia to try to help in some way, but I would like to visit both capitals.”
In response to a question about the US Supreme Court’s ruling overturning the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling establishing a woman’s right to an abortion, the Pope said he respected the decision but did not have enough information to speak about it from a legal standpoint. Look.
He strongly condemned abortion, likening it to “hiring a contract killer,” adding: “The Catholic Church teaches that life begins at conception.” problem?