January 17, 2020
Pope Benedict XVI co-authored a book on celibacy and the priesthood, and it has generated a firestorm in the Vatican and Catholic world. David Martin gives us the story at Camada Free Press:
It was reported Tuesday that Benedict XVI has requested of Ignatius Press, the English publisher of the book, that he be removed as co-author. In commentsto the Italian news agency ANSA, Benedict XVI’s confidant and personal secretary, Archbishop Georg Gänswein, said he has "acted on instructions from the pope emeritus and asked Cardinal Robert Sarah to contact the book’s publisher and request that they remove Benedict XVI’s name as co-author of the book, and remove his signature from the introduction and conclusion.â€
Whether this request comes from Benedict XVI or Ganswein was pressured into saying this remains to be seen, but there is no question that the liberal Vatican bureaucracy is behind this move to remove Benedict as co-author. According to Bishop Athanasius Schneider, Cardinal Sarah’s intervention in getting this book published "has provoked, so to speak, the anger of hell.â€
Critics of the book say it "opposes†Pope Francis by raising the "specter of a parallel magisterium†when in fact the book upholds the true Magisterium against Francis’ counter-magisterium.
According to an inside Vatican report from Antonio Socci, it was an enraged Pope Francis who "personally summoned Monsignor Ganswein, Benedict’s secretary, but also Prefect of Bergoglio’s Papal Household and, furious, ordered him to have Benedict XVI’s name removed from the cover of the book.†(Rorate-Caeli )
What is certain is that Benedict XVI previously approved the book. Cardinal Sarah, who heads the Vatican Congregation for Divine Worship, issued a statement Tuesday confirming Benedict’s foreknowledge and approval of the book. Therein he states: "After various exchanges in view of the development of the book, on November 19, I finally sent a manuscript, the cover, a common introduction and conclusion, the text of Benedict XVI and my own text.â€
This stinks to high Heaven. The Progressives in the Vatican forced the then-elderly Benedict out as Pontiff, and now a sick, aged man is being bullied into denying his authorship on something that disagrees with the dreams of a Progressive Utopian Church.And it appears Pope Francis, the Apostate, is behind all of this.
Just what is happening inside the walls of the Vatican?
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I am not a Catholic, but ever since my wife has been employed as a full-time musician in a Catholic church, I have actively paid attention to Catholic Church matters, as Tim well knows, and things like this tend to piss me off royally! FWIW, in my estimation this guy who is currently running the show -- a.k.a the Pope -- is about as suited for the job as I am to be the center for an NBA team; and I am 5'2" tall. It grieves me greatly that the Church, which not too long ago had such a luminary as John Paul II as its head, should now have this dweeb, who appears to care not a whit for the usual functions of a pope.
I am sure there are many who would say I am speaking out of line, but that's just too darn bad. I pray to the Lord every day to provide better leadership for His Church; but He knows what He is doing. Amen.
Posted by: Dana Mathewson at January 17, 2020 11:01 PM (drMAl)
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