Posted on 11/17/2020 5:53:01 PM PST by marshmallow
First published at Libero, 15 November 2020.
Last May there was controversy over the anticipation of some statements made by Benedict XVI to Peter Seewald published in his biography that was about to be published in Germany. This work has now been translated into Italian with the title Benedetto XVI. Una vita (Garzanti), and so we are now able to better understand the pope's words.
'Humanistic Ideologies' Encroaching
The crucial question placed by Seewald to Ratzinger is this: "One phrase from your first homily as pope has remained particularly impressed in our memory: 'Pray for me, that I may not flee for fear of the wolves.' Had you perhaps foreseen what awaited you?"
The pope replies that this was not an allusion to the problems of the Vatican (such as Vatileaks), as many thought. Benedict XVI explains:
The true threat for the Church, and thus for the Petrine service, does not come from this sort of episode: It comes instead from the universal dictatorship of apparently humanistic ideologies. Anyone who contradicts this dictatorship is excluded from the basic consensus of society. One hundred years ago, anyone would have thought it absurd to speak of homosexual matrimony. Today those who oppose it are socially excommunicated. The same holds true for abortion and the production of human beings in the laboratory. Modern society intends to formulate an anti-Christian creed: Whoever contests it is punished with social excommunication. Being afraid of this spiritual power of the Antichrist is all too natural, and what is truly needed is that the prayers of entire dioceses and of the world Church come to the rescue to resist it.
The media have simplified everything superficially by sparking controversy over these examples. But this is not the center of Benedict XVI's reasoning, which has a very different........
(Excerpt) Read more at churchmilitant.com ...
Pope Benedict played a part in enabling the New World Order by abdicating.
Pray for me, that I may not flee for fear of the wolves.
Apparently, not enough of us did...
The Real Pope, Benedict, is infinitely better than the usurper, The False Pope, Francis.
“Pray for me, that I may not flee for fear of the wolves”
Apparently there weren’t enough prayers. He done up and quit.
The threat is getting away from the BIBLE. that is all
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