Prayers for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. Definitely. Prayers for a holy man.
There has been talk for years among certain folks that Pope Francis has despised Pope Emeritus...and has been determined to erase Emeritus' legacy.
Pope Emeritus has rejected such unfortunate talk. Pope Emeritus has insisted that his former Pontificate, and Pope Francis' Pontificate, are in continuity with each other...and that he and Pope Francis have a wonderful relationship with each other.
Discussions about Pope Emeritus' legacy...and I have participated in such discussions...are, in many ways, meaningless. The only thing that counts is that every sign had indicated that Pope Emeritus is a holy man. Everything has indicated that he will leave this world in God's friendship.
Several news reports today about Pope Emeritus' situation have played up his supposed role in having mishandled child abuses cases that involved priests.
Headline:
-- Former Pope Benedict, whose mishandling of sexual abuse cases came to light this year, is ‘very sick’
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Prayers for the emeritus pope!
May God Bless him in his final days. I hope he receives a fitting Requiem as he would have wished it.
Prayers for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. Definitely. Prayers for a holy man.
There has been talk for years among certain folks that Pope Francis has despised Pope Emeritus...and has been determined to erase Emeritus' legacy.
Pope Emeritus has rejected such unfortunate talk. Pope Emeritus has insisted that his former Pontificate, and Pope Francis' Pontificate, are in continuity with each other...and that he and Pope Francis have a wonderful relationship with each other.
Discussions about Pope Emeritus' legacy...and I have participated in such discussions...are, in many ways, meaningless. The only thing that counts is that every sign had indicated that Pope Emeritus is a holy man. Everything has indicated that he will leave this world in God's friendship.
That is Pope Emeritus' true legacy.
Pax.
Mark Thomas
Several news reports today about Pope Emeritus' situation have played up his supposed role in having mishandled child abuses cases that involved priests.
Headline:
-- Former Pope Benedict, whose mishandling of sexual abuse cases came to light this year, is ‘very sick’
Jami Ganz, New York Daily News
Wed, December 28, 2022
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That is part of the unfortunate legacy angle that certain news media outlets will utilize in regard to Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI.
Pax.
Mark Thomas
Mark Thomas,
Do you actually believe this twaddle?
One example should suffice:
Summorum Pontificum: generous, charitable and in continuity with Catholic Tradition
Traditiones Custodes: stingy, mean-spirited and in defiance of Catholic Tradition
You are like communicating with an unusually thick wall
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