Benedict either addled or compromised. There can be no other possibility.
Benedict should be Pope, not Francis.
The Permanence of Marriage
Indissoluble by Nature:
Saint Thomas: By the intention of nature, marriage is directed to the rearing of the offspring, not merely for a time, but throughout its whole life. Hence it is of natural law that parents should lay up for their children, and that children should be their parents’ heirs (2 Corinthians 12:14). Therefore, since the offspring is the common good of husband and wife, the dictate of the natural law requires the latter to live together forever inseparably: and so the indissolubility of marriage is of natural law. (Supplement Q. 67 A. 1)
Commentary: Marriage is founded on the primary end of marriage, whence comes a naturally inseparable union. Such permanence brings about the happy result of a stable family.
“After the first death, there is no other.” - Dylan Thomas
What a rambling display of words.
On the face of it, it is no wonder Benedict XVI so recently asked for prayers on his final journey, after dealing with these sharks and hearing of this twisted, scandalous story.
I pray he hasn’t even heard this nasty rumor. He deserves peace and a little comfort. Benedict believed he was not the one to over ride these vandals, but there is sorrow that he retired, only to let in the thieves.
I don’t pretend to know why he left, but I remember that he came in with dread.
Benedict and Schonborn had lunch. Everything else in here is rumor, speculation and innuendo.