Posted on 08/17/2016 5:39:26 PM PDT by marshmallow
Bloomsbury announces November publication of English version
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI has a new book coming out next month, and it’s just been announced that the title of the English version will be Last Testament: In His Own Words.
Bloomsbury announced the publication of the 224-page hardcover book on its website:
Last Testament is nearest to an autobiography from the shy and private man who has remained “hidden to the world” in a former convent in the Vatican gardens. He breaks his silence on issues such as:
– The “Vatileaks” case in which his butler leaked some of his personal letters that alleged corruption and scandal in the Vatican (the butler remains in jail)
– The presence of a “gay lobby” within the Vatican and how he dismantled it
– His alleged Nazi upbringing
– His attempts at cleaning up the “dirt in the church” (clerical sexual abuse)
– The mysterious private secretary “Gorgeous George”
On a more personal level he writes with great warmth of his successor Pope Francis, who he admits has a popular touch, a star quality which he has lacked. Much controversy still surrounds Pope Benedict`s Papacy–in this book he addresses these controversies and reveals how at his late age, governing and reforming the Papacy and particularly the Vatican, was beyond him.
Bloomsbury says that in the book, Pope Benedict, who was the Bishop of Rome from 2005-2013, addresses some of the controversies of his papacy “and reveals how at his late age, governing and reforming the Papacy and particularly the Vatican, was beyond him.”
(Excerpt) Read more at aleteia.org ...
"Star quality"?
The papacy meets Jack Nicholson.
He should have called it:
“Why I Quit Just When The Church Needed Me Most and Handed It Over To Frankie The Red.”
Last Testament...of the Last Pope? Hmmmm.
Sounds disappointingly PR-ish and superficial for the brilliant Benedict. A booster for Francis, really, more than “final thoughts.” No new info, nor new insights. It’s being published by Bloomsbury, yes indeed.
Exactly.
Has there ever, in history, been a time when a Pope just up and quit (other than this one)?
It sounds ominous.
I’m not sure I’d want anyone telling me I can’t retire at age 89, no matter how awesome I am.
“...including Pope Celestine V in 1294 and Pope Gregory XII in 1415...”
We’re a long way from 1415, my friend...
That doesn’t make Benedict any younger. He’s still 89.
Last Will and Testament
There is no doubt in my mind he was blackmailed to resign, with the threat that he would be disgraced for his role in the priest abuse cover-up being released to the media. The NWO elites were determined to destroy the Church once and for all with this Marxist agent, and they are succeeding beyond their wildest dreams. If Benedict breathes one word of this, that day will be his last. They will see to it.
Not like Benedict.
This is laughable.
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