I am a member of a parish which sent two young adults to Cracow, Poland last summer for World Youth Day. At the closing Sunday mass, when he anounced that the next WYD will be in Panama, Pope Francis did mentioned he will NOT BE THERE.
That does surprised me.
Translation: Pope Benedict had set a new patern
Maybe he expects to be dead by then. Or maybe he ...just isn’t going to be there.
It had not yet done surprise to you in present tense on future that surprise?