From the pile it higher and deeper crowd, this article is one of the biggest piles of BS I have ever read.
In my parish, Pope Benedict is greatly admired as was Pope John Paul. Both have entirely different personalities and talents, Benedict being the greatest Christian theologian in the world.
As mentioned, I have one of his “Jesus” books. That series of books became best sellers. I remember I have read somewhere that the one about Jesus’s infancy/childhood would be his last book written. That I should have taken as a “hint”.