Pope Francis Retirement Betting Odds: Fuels Rumors of Departure

The Daily Mail on Monday featured the headline "Pope Francis fuels rumours he may quit in sermon reflecting on ‘the virtue of stepping aside at the right time’ and ‘learning to take our leave’".

Along with that headline came news of internal pressures that might result in an abrupt departure.

Pressure has been mounting against the current Pope from conservative factions of the church, who see Pope Francis as more liberal than his predecessor. 

The former Pope died on New Year's Eve, 2022.

Pope Francis started making headlines to start the new year after announcing he would be visiting the central Italian city of L’Aquila in August for a feast initiated by Pope Celestine V, one of the few pontiffs who resigned before Pope Benedict XVI stepped down in 2013.

Last month, it was revealed that Pope Francis had already signed his resignation letter, but only as a precaution.

"I signed it and said: 'If I should become impaired for medical reasons or whatever, here is my resignation'."

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As for replacements, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, Cardinal Marc Ouellet, Cardinal Peter Turkson, Cardinal Christoph Schonborn and Archbishop Angelo Scola all were coming in at between 3-1 and 6-1 early odds.

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Cardinal Luis Tagle
+600

Cardinal Pietro Parolin
+600
Cardinal Peter Turkson 
+600
Cardinal Marc Ouellet
+700
Cardinal Robert Sarah
+1000
Cardinal Raymond Burke 
+1200
Cardinal Konrad Krajewski 
+1200
Cardinal Angelo de Donatis
+1200
Cardinal Cristoph Schonborn
+1400
Cardinal Matteo Zuppi  
+1400
Cardinal Odilo Pedro Scherer  
+1400
Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga 
+1600
Cardinal Peter Erdo
+1600
Archbishop Sean O'Malley
+2500
Cardinal Angelo Scola
+2500
Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi
+2500
Cardinal Blase J. Cupich
+2500
Archbishop Lauro Tisi
+2500
Bishop Robert McElroy
+3300
Bishop Guido Marini
+3300
Cardinal Albert Malcolm Ranjith
+3300
Cardinal Timothy Dolan
+3300
Archbishop Giorgio Marengo 
+5000
Archbishop Leonardo Steiner
+10000
Cardinal Vincent Nichols
+10000
Cardinal Vinko Puljic
+12500
Archbishop Sergio da Rocha
+12500
Father William Joensen
+12500
Bishop Athanasius Schneider
+12500
Reverend James Martin
+15000
Cardinal Thomas Collins
+15000
Cardinal Willem Eljk
+20000
Cardinal Andrew Yeom Soo-jung
+20000
Bishop Paulo Rudelli
+20000
Cardinal Jean-Pierre Ricard
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