Georg Gänswein, secretary of Benedict XVI, told the agency of the Austrian Catholic church Kathpress that Pope Emeritus had asked him to call Cardinal Robert Sarah, together with the one who wrote "From The Depths Of Our Hearts", to inform him to withdraw his signature and his picture of the book. The text contains a passionate defense of celibacy, a precept that considers Pope Francis more flexible in exceptional cases. The vision expressed in the text was interpreted as a criticism of the acting pontiff, but Benedict wanted to make it clear that he does not want controversies.
Pope Benedict XVI does not want controversies
2020-01-14T20:23:15.940Z
Georg Gänswein, secretary of Benedict XVI, told the agency of the Austrian Catholic church Kathpress that Pope Emeritus had asked him to call Cardinal Robert Sarah, next to the writer ...
