Why burn all of his personal notes?
to avoid E-bay? (I'm sorry that just popped out)
"Why burn all of his personal notes?"
Why not. Notes are not official documents. They're his personal notes. I'd guess he has every right to have them burned after his death if that was his wish.
I can't see the problem.
I understand this easily. I want mine burned too. They are personal and private, notes and writing for myself of use only to me that I can only write knowing no one will read.
I think the holy father would say, "If I wanted them public, I would have made them public."
I'd venture the guess it has something to do with humility.
A virtue so rare in the post Christan western world as to be be rendered virtually unrecognizable.