“I’m just left wondering, why did he break tradition and retire in the first place?
And why did he only write this in secret, verses air it publicly?”
He answered that...
“I do not want to publish anything else in my life. The fury of the circles opposed to me in Germany is so strong that the appearance of any word from me immediately provokes a murderous clamor on their part. I want to spare myself and Christendom this.”
In other words, he admitted that he lacked the courage to do what he knew needed to be done.
Like DC, the Vatican is also a swamp run by a deep state.
Perhaps Pope Benedict feared for his life and the lives of others if he published these articles before his death.
Thanks for that info. Is this his kind gentlemanly way of saying he was receiving death threats, one must wonder.