• He planned to travel to L’Aquila, in central Italy, for a feast organised by one of the few pontiffs who resigned before Pope Benedict XVI stood down in 2013.
• Pope Francis fueled speculation about his pontificate’s future by announcing that he would travel to L’Aquila in central Italy in August for a feast organised by Pope Celestine V.
• One of the few pontiffs to resign before Pope Benedict XVI stepped down in 2013.

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Given his significant mobility issues, which have compelled him to use a wheelchair for some time, unsourced speculation in the Italian and Catholic media has been widespread that the 85-year-old Francis might be intending to follow in Benedict’s footsteps.