Benedict Has Inflicted His Greatest Defeats on Himself - Mosebach
Martin Mosebach wrote an obituary for Benedict XVI on Welt.de (December 31). Highlights
• Benedict XVI did not consider the Church’s tradition as a bargaining chip up for grabs following the expediencies of the day, and was therefore insulted as "the black head of the reaction."
• He triggered a wave of conversions and vocations to the priesthood.
• His friends often did not understand why he refrained from using the power contained in his office and deliberately did not govern with orders. But he [allegedly] wanted to trust solely in the "gentle force of truth."
• With an assertiveness that he did not usually allow himself, he made in 2007 the doctrinal decision that the Roman Liturgy was fundamentally withdrawn from the legislation of the popes and belonged to the inviolable good of the ecclesiastical tradition.
• Opposition to this act of legislation was fierce and culminated in the merciless harshness of Traditionis Custodes (2021).
• It will be Summorum Pontificum that was repealed before his eyes, that will be remembered of Benedict XVI's pontificate.
• This sworn enemy of the revolution performed a revolutionary act in 2013 by abdicating the papacy making the papacy appear in a disturbing way to be duplicated.
• In retirement, Benedict had to endure the cruel fate of seeing his most important projects pushed aside and his most loyal collaborators ostracised.
• He experienced the consequences of his weakness in judging people when the German prelates he had elevated unflinchingly took the path to schism (2019-2022).
• Benedict was destined to have caused himself his greatest defeat.
• It remains true that he was the best who could have been elected as John Paul II's successor.
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• Benedict XVI did not consider the Church’s tradition as a bargaining chip up for grabs following the expediencies of the day, and was therefore insulted as "the black head of the reaction."
• He triggered a wave of conversions and vocations to the priesthood.
• His friends often did not understand why he refrained from using the power contained in his office and deliberately did not govern with orders. But he [allegedly] wanted to trust solely in the "gentle force of truth."
• With an assertiveness that he did not usually allow himself, he made in 2007 the doctrinal decision that the Roman Liturgy was fundamentally withdrawn from the legislation of the popes and belonged to the inviolable good of the ecclesiastical tradition.
• Opposition to this act of legislation was fierce and culminated in the merciless harshness of Traditionis Custodes (2021).
• It will be Summorum Pontificum that was repealed before his eyes, that will be remembered of Benedict XVI's pontificate.
• This sworn enemy of the revolution performed a revolutionary act in 2013 by abdicating the papacy making the papacy appear in a disturbing way to be duplicated.
• In retirement, Benedict had to endure the cruel fate of seeing his most important projects pushed aside and his most loyal collaborators ostracised.
• He experienced the consequences of his weakness in judging people when the German prelates he had elevated unflinchingly took the path to schism (2019-2022).
• Benedict was destined to have caused himself his greatest defeat.
• It remains true that he was the best who could have been elected as John Paul II's successor.
Picture: © Mazur/cbcew.org.uk, CC BY-NC-ND, #newsGdqxcmucof