Leo XIII was a prisoner of the Vatican. he didn’t do half the stuff that Benedict has had to do. Leo had the luxury of writing in a quiet study, as Benedict did before he became a bishop and up until the time that John Paul became ill. There is a reason why this scholar pope has written so few encyclicals.
“Leo XIII was a prisoner of the Vatican. he didn’t do half the stuff that Benedict has had to do.”
Yeah, you’re right. Those World Youth Days and Assisi Lovefests really take their toll on a pope.