I don’t know what Ratzinger is thinking, but he has no one to blame but himself.
That’s true but wouldn’t be shocking for him to stand up and say Frances Liberalism is doing more harm than good to the church... I mean really Frances is now supporting birth control, illegal immigration, what’s next abortion, infanticide, the murder of innocents? How about a comment from the Pope about the senseless murder of Kathryn Steinle by an illegal who gained entry here multiple times because we have no wall...
Benedict would never resigned had he not felt it for the good of the Church.
You may not recall this, but a few months before he resigned, the World Court and various UN organizations were discussing charging and arresting the Pope for “covering up” child molestation or for being part of a criminal organization. This was actually approved, and then it disappeared.
I think BXVI was threatened, probably by Bergoglio, who wanted to be Pope and is in like Flynn with the UN, that if he did not leave the Papacy, Interpol would have a warrant for his arrest. He no doubt thought that Catholics would e destroyed to see the Pope under arrest. Notice that he has never left Vatican City, except to fly to Castel Gandolfo, or set foot on the territory of another state.
Bergoglio probably set this up, but in any case, I am very confident that Benedict would never have resigned for any personal reason but because he thought it was for the good of the Church.
I don’t think it was his call to step down. He found out something he shouldn’t have.