Below the letter is a google translation of this morning’s “Bild” article. What do you think?
A tempestaround the secret letters, the Pope Benedict XVI. four years after his resignation to the German Cardinal Walter Brandmüller (89) sent. Yesterday BILD published the historically significant correspondence for the first time. Since then it has been puzzled: what message did Benedict want to send in his letters?
A tempestaround the secret letters, the Pope Benedict XVI. four years after his resignation to the German Cardinal Walter Brandmüller (89) sent. Yesterday BILD published the historically significant correspondence for the first time. Since then it has been puzzled: what message did Benedict want to send in his letters?
With his letters dated 9 and 23 November 2017 to Cardinal Brandmüller, Benedikt initially decisively rejected his allegations that he had caused "serious damage" to the Church by resigning.
In his letter, Benedict referred in this context also to Pope Pius XII, who feared a "Nazi arrest" in 1944 and had therefore formulated plans for resignation.
This passage in Benedict's letter triggered different interpretations in church circles. Also about the real reasons for his resignation.
Professor Thomas Sternberg, President of the Central Committee of German Catholics, is convinced that "in the Vatican, there are dramatic resistances not only against Pope Francis but also against his predecessor."
1 comment:
I notice that Benedict does not adopt the 1996 reform of spelling which would have you write 'dass' instead of 'daß'. Quite right, too.
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