The Pope denounces that the death of Benedict XVI was "instrumentalized"

Pope Francis denounced this Sunday that, in his opinion, the death of Benedict XVI was "instrumentalized by people who wanted to bring water to their own mill", in reference to the multiple statements, interviews and publications that have appeared since his death, the January 31.

Thomas Osborne
Thomas Osborne
06 February 2023 Monday 01:27
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The Pope denounces that the death of Benedict XVI was "instrumentalized"

Pope Francis denounced this Sunday that, in his opinion, the death of Benedict XVI was "instrumentalized by people who wanted to bring water to their own mill", in reference to the multiple statements, interviews and publications that have appeared since his death, the January 31. Starting with the controversial book by the historic secretary of Joseph Ratzinger, Georg Gänswein, who directly attacked Pope Francis.

This was what the Pontiff said at the press conference aboard the papal plane on his way back from his trip to the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan, adding that "those who use such a good person, so pious, I would almost say a saint Father of the Church, I would say that they are people without ethics, they are party people, not from the Church”. In some harsh statements, the Jesuit assured that this "tendency to convert theological positions into parties" is seen everywhere. “These things will fall on their own, or if they don't, they will continue, as has happened so many times in the history of the Church,” he insisted.

In his personal reckoning, Gänswein has gone so far as to say that the pope emeritus was greatly affected by his successor's decision to restrict masses in Latin, revoking a measure by Ratzinger in 2007. This Sunday, Pope Francis responded that " Those stories that are told that Benedict XVI was bitter "with him" were a Chinese tale. In a recent interview, he had already suggested that criticism did not bother him, but he preferred that "they say it to his face."

“He was always by my side, supporting me, and if I had any difficulties, he would tell me and we would talk. There were no problems. I once spoke about gay marriage, about the fact that marriage is a sacrament and that we can't make a sacrament, but that there is a possibility to secure property through civil law, which started in France," he revealed. the Pontiff on his defense of civil unions for homosexual people.