[JoeFromSidney]

No, the Papacy is not a 2-man office. As for what motivated Benedict, and what's motivating Bergoglio, I guess we have to trust the Holy Spirit and await Judgement Day to get the full story.

[Mrs. Don-o]

I must say that the more I read about how B16 abdicated, resigned, retired but so he could be employed as a spiritual independent contractor/consultant -— I just don’t get it. Ganswein strikes me more and more as a sinister figure, a Judas plotter. What he said supposedly on B16’s behalf is sheer boilerplate Bergoglio. No, there are not two popes, but yes, de facto, there are, so no, yes, no&yes -— and then, eyes glinting, IS THAT CLEAR?