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LifeSite News: "One should conclude either that Pope Benedict XVI made a colossal mistake or that he, in truth, invalidly renounced the papacy"

Benedict XVI made a colossal mistake by inventing the role of ‘pope emeritus’

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Renato said…
The video linked below clarifies the cause for this new initiative by Archbishop Viganò against Benedict XVI and the popes during and after the Council. "They are truly revealing their true intent that is now coming to light [on Benedict XVI]. Because everything is afloat. And all of them themselves are showing that this is always a grace of God (Father Faré, response to Monsignor Viganò, December 2, 2024):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuF4EiFSugI

May God give us the grace of humility to understand our mistakes and welcome only the truth.
Renato said…
Viganò is an inconsistent being and again does not show evidence and even misrepresents the facts. We can see that it does not follow the first premise of Benedict XVI's statement before the Cardinals. In this way errors and injustices of fallacious arguments occur on his part against the Pope. For example, we know that a Pope has jurisdiction over Rome. But a Pope is not the same as the other bishops, but a Vicar of Christ who is a peer among the others in the same episcopate. That is why there is in his person a singularity over the others in this ministry. A diocesan bishop, when he retires because he reaches 75 years of age, remains with the office, but no longer exercises the ministry in the diocese. But there is no canon that says the same thing about a Pope. Obviously, the solution, as Viganò never presents solutions, is that there was an abdication of ministry by Benedict that reveals a totally barred seat (canon 412). It soon becomes very clear that there is no pontificate that is emeritus. Today, December 2, 2024, Viganò's Italian-language video has more than 30,000 views. However, the criticism among the commentators against this analysis of him, are the majority in the same video... The truth is coming out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BN8ZD848zkc
Renato said…
Correction: a Vicar of Christ is not a peer among the other bishops. He is different.