Author Topic: The Secret of Benedict XVI: Why He Is Still Pope (Antonio Socci Book Review) (Read 11578 times)

Ladislaus · « **Reply #45 on:** June 29, 2019, 05:07:44 AM »

Quote from: Pax Vobis on June 28, 2019, 09:49:05 AM

Regarding Tradition, what would change if +Benedict were still the pope? Nothing. +Benedict would still be working with +Fellay to suck in the neo-sspx into the black hole of new-rome. +Benedict would still be defending a "conservative" view of V2 and he would be promoting a hybrid 1962/novus ordo missal to replace the 1962 missal.
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Maybe +Benedict would try to get rid of some of the flaming homos in new-rome. Maybe he would curtail some of the flaming liberal bishops' actions. But that's a drop in the bucket of "good" compared to what needs to be done. No, +Benedict is not the answer to the Church's problems. He was one of V2's original supporters. He will have much to answer for this. He can never "restore" the Church because his Catholicism is modernistic. He's a heretic.

Benedict was arguably more dangerous than Bergoglio ... since he fooled people into thinking him to be some kind of "traditionalist". He was as Modernist as they came. At least with Bergoglio the mask has come off and people are confronted with the reality of who these men are.

2Vermont · « **Reply #46 on:** June 29, 2019, 06:49:43 AM »

Quote from: Ladislaus on June 29, 2019, 05:07:44 AM

Benedict was arguably more dangerous than Bergoglio ... since he fooled people into thinking him to be some kind of "traditionalist". He was as Modernist as they came. At least with Bergoglio the mask has come off and people are confronted with the reality of who these men are.

Another admission by Benedict that he is not the pope:

https://www.vaticannews.va/it/vaticano/news/2019-06/benedetto-xvi-papa-emerito-unita-chiesa-vince-divisioni-interne.html

Google Translation:

Benedict XVI: the Pope is one, Francesco. Unity is stronger than divisions

The Pope emeritus recalls, in an interview, that the history of the Church has always been crossed by internal struggles and schisms: but unity must always prevail

"The unity of the Church has always been in danger, for centuries. It has been for all its history. Wars, internal conflicts, centrifugal forces, threats of schisms. But in the end the awareness that the Church is and must remain united has always prevailed. Its unity has always been stronger than the struggles and internal wars ". It is the certainty of Benedict XVI that everyone remembers: "The Pope is one, Francis".
His concern for the unity of the Church becomes even stronger in our times, in which Christians often appear to be divided over the public square and confront each other even with bright tones, perhaps using the same name as Ratzinger in an absolutely improper way. Benedetto's words are reported by the Corriere della Sera, which publishes an interview with the emeritus Pope in his weekly paper.

Unity in diversity

These are words that refer to the great commitment to strengthen the ecclesial communion that characterized the whole pontificate of Benedict XVI, until the last day of his Petrine ministry: "Let us remain united, dear Brothers" - he said in his last speech to the cardinals on 28 February 2013 - in "this profound unity" where the diversities - expression of the universal Church - always contribute to the superior and harmonious harmony "and" thus we serve the Church and the whole of humanity ". And he had assured his prayer for the election of his successor: "May the Lord show you what is desired by Him. And among you, among the College of Cardinals, there is also the future Pope to whom I already promise my unconditional reverence and obedience ".

Quo vadis Domine · « **Reply #47 on:** June 29, 2019, 08:18:31 AM »

Quote from: Ladislaus on June 29, 2019, 05:07:44 AM

Benedict was arguably more dangerous than Bergoglio ... since he fooled people into thinking him to be some kind of "traditionalist". He was as Modernist as they came. At least with Bergoglio the mask has come off and people are confronted with the reality of who these men are.

:applause:

nottambula · « **Reply #48 on:** June 29, 2019, 05:44:53 PM »

2Vermont - Don't be so easily fooled.

Veri Catholici‏

For the record, the fraud of Vatican News is taking a very short citation to a previous statement and expanding it back to the original and then claiming it was said during the interview, though the interview never claimed that. That is journalist fraud of the first class!
(Scroll through the rest of that thread: https://twitter.com/VeriCatholici/status/1144969041003581441)

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http://catholicmonitor.blogspot.com/2019/06/is-journalist-of-benedict-xvi-pope-is.html

Is the Journalist of the Benedict XVI "Pope is one; is Francis" Interview a Leftist British Operative?

The Italian Massimo Franco who interviewed Benedict XVI with "The Pope is one; [he] is Francis" quote appears to possibly be a leftist British operative of some type who is ambiguous.

LifeSiteNews stated the Franco quotations of Benedict were at best ambiguous:

"It is unclear from this introductory article if these particular quotations were from the reporter or Benedict XVI himself."
(LifeSiteNews, "Benedict XVI asserts Francis is pope in new interview," June 29, 2019)

According to Wikipedia, Franco "is [a] member of the [British establishment] International Institute for Strategic Studies" which according to "Transparify... gave it it's lowest rating [for a think tank], 'deceptive' on funding transparency."

Wikipedia, also, said Franco "was a Vatican commentator at The [leftist pro-UK British] Guardian" until "2011." Moreover, Wikipedia said according to "Journalist Glenn Greenwald [The Guardian wrote fake news about]... Julian Assange... 'This article is about how those [Guardian's] false claims -fabrications, really - causing... thousands... (if not millions) to consume false news.'"

Journalist Antonio Socci says "Britain... [had] a strong political interest... to have Jorge Mario Bergoglio elected pope."
(The Secret of Benedict XVI, page 47-48 )

Pray an Our Father now for the restoration of the Church.

nottambula · « **Reply #49 on:** June 29, 2019, 05:53:39 PM »

And since we're in an Antonio Socci thread, here was his tweet today (Google translated, and maybe I would add: "protect him from the hatred of those who call themselves Catholic" *ahem*).

https://twitter.com/AntonioSocci1/status/1144887115123253248

AntonioSocci

@ AntonioSocci1

For the feast of saints "Peter and Paul" best wishes to the Pope, may God keep us healthy for a long time, though old, and protect him from the hatred of the powers of this world

1:35 AM - 29 Jun 2019

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