That’s interesting, but it sadly shows a lack of courage actually.
I’m not saying I’m a better man, by any stretch, because I don’t know what all he was dealing with, and I”m probably a far greater sinner and certainly haven’t brought as many to Christ as he did.
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?
These issues he discusses seem important enough to have not been put on ice for years.
“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.