Pope Francis Predicts His Papacy Will Be Brief - NYTimes.com

Pope Francis Predicts His Papacy Will Be Brief - NYTimes.com: “I have the feeling that my pontificate will be brief — four or five years; I do not know, even two or three,” he predicted in an interview with a Mexican broadcaster. “Two have already passed. It is a somewhat vague sensation,” the pope said, reiterating his belief that “the Lord has placed me here for a short time, and nothing more.”