Posted on 04/09/2021 6:39:33 PM PDT by marshmallow
A documentary being released on Benedict XVI’s 94th birthday state that his personal secretary, Archbishop Georg Gänswein, tried to dissuade him from abdicating the papacy.
“Benedict XVI, the Pope Emeritus”, directed by Andrés Garrigó, will be released April 16 by Goya Productions.
The film will focus on Benedict’s papacy, and his time as prefect of Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
“At that time he had to deal with such crises as Liberation Theology in its Marxist version with its affinity to guerrilla warfare, and the cases of pedophilia that were beginning to surface then. Elected in 2005, Benedict is faced with two immense tasks: defending Catholic doctrine from the 'dictatorship of relativism' on the outside and reforming the Church from within, starting with the confusing structure of Vatican finances,” the filmmaker stated.
The film discusses Achbishop Gänswein's attempt to dissuade the pope from abdicating, "to which the pope replied that he had prayed and there would be no going back ... as was the case," the producer said.
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That’s all water under a Bridge of (very!) Troubled Waters now. If it is appropriate to say “Happy Birthday” to a formerly active pontiff, I say so at this time.
If I had to rank the calamities of the Catholic Church of the last 1,000 years, it might be:
1. Protestant schism
2. Orthodox schism
3. 2nd Vatican Council
4. B16 resignation
Epic disaster.
How I wish Benedict would have stayed!!
I’m sure there is much more to this story!!!!!!
The devil was speaking in his ear the night he decided to walk away.
If someone is 86 and wants to retire, who is going to talk him out of it? What was he supposed to do, go for Pope Leo XIII’s record?
Well, his secretary was, anyway. He answered, “Take a chill pill, I’m almost 86, I’m retiring.”
Not his fault a dufus was hired as a replacement.
Didn’t the orthodox “schism” come first?
Full disclosure: I’m a Protestant now. But I’m quite sure I would not be except for VCII, the effects of which kicked in when I was about 7 years old. But agree that the resignation of Benedict DID NOT HELP.
It’s just strange that he is still alive. I mean, come on man, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, among others, wasn’t felled by that snare.
“If someone is 86 and wants to retire, who is going to talk him out of it? “
Hi Larry, I know you from here but not well I suppose. I must ask, you are kidding right?
The papacy if a lifetime appointment. It’s like being a Supreme Court Justice, or maybe more like being a king.
You are Christ’s Vicar on Earth, that’s not really a job with a retirement age.
That’s why I said in my other post that it’s amazing Ratzinger is still alive. He resigned in 2013, that’s 8 years ago.
This fish stinks from the head, and it always will.
Yes, I do get that. But then Pope John Paul II died at age 84. Most popes who died in office were in their mid 80s. Only a few were older than Pope Benedict XVI at the time of his retirement. Face it, men get tired at that age. Benedict had served almost 8 years. Asking him to stay in office is, to be fair, demanding forced labor. Again, it’s not his fault the electors didn’t get it right.
I’m sorry, I can’t agree with this at all. If he didn’t wish to serve for life he should not have taken the job. And again, it’s not really “a job”. For being Pope, you should have a true vocation.
Do you think Francis will resign? I’m quite sure he never will.
I agree with you Larry. Benedict is one of the greatest minds of the century, and truly holy. None of us can know what pressures caused his decision. Who are we to criticize it?
When some lib tells me something “the Pope said”, I ask, “Which Pope?”
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