Socci: Even Francis contradicted Team Francis when he admitted Benedict was Emeritus Pope & "has not Abandoned the Office of Peter"
Antonio Socci in his book presents the case that when Benedict XVI's personal secretary Georg Ganswein said:
"He [Benedict] has not abandoned the office of Peter."
And thus according to Benedict's closest collaborator Ganswein became a
pope emeritus which has never existed except for retired bishops who
still held the munus or office of bishop.
An unexpected thing happened when Team Francis went into "damage
control" and denied there could be a emeritus "to the office of Peter."
Unexpectedly, Francis at some point in time contradicted the
"ultra-Bergoglians" assertion that that there couldn't be a emeritus "to
the office of Peter."
Socci's book says after Ganswein made the above statement in 2016 the
"ultra-Bergoglian website Vatican Insider" went into "damage control" by
interviewing Team Francis canonist Monsignor Giuseppe Sciacca who said
emeritus "regards only the 'episcopal office'" and "'cannot be applied
to the office of the Pontiff.'"
The book quotes Francis contradicting the Bergoglians or Team Francis by saying:
"Benedict... has opened the door of popes emeriti."
Socci explains the predicament that Team Francis is in:
"The dilemma which the Bergoglians find themselves in is without
solution: if, in fact, they recognize the title of 'pope emeritus,' they
must recognize that Benedict XVI is still pope; but if they deny this
title and contest the declared intention of the 'resignation' (which was
not a resignation of munus [office], but only of the active ministry),
it means that they would have to hold that the resignation is invalid,
because doubtful and partial."
(The Secret of Benedict XVI, Pages 92-94)