so it was the vatileaks scandal and the italian mafia in the vatican who made him give up? it says that the pope did try to make reforms but in the end he was the one who had to go. does this mean an italian pope is in the works?
pope benedict even mentioned it on his ash wednesday homily, and that was probably the most direct he can get:
“We can reveal the face of the church and how this face is, at times, disfigured,” Benedict said in his final homily on Ash Wednesday. “I am thinking in particular of the sins against the unity of the church, of the divisions in the body of the church.” He called for his ministry to overcome “individualism” and “rivalry,” saying they were only for those “who have distanced themselves from the faith.”
stumbled upon this article from the washington post today:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/pope-benedict-xvis-leaked-...
so it was the vatileaks scandal and the italian mafia in the vatican who made him give up? it says that the pope did try to make reforms but in the end he was the one who had to go. does this mean an italian pope is in the works?
pope benedict even mentioned it on his ash wednesday homily, and that was probably the most direct he can get:
“We can reveal the face of the church and how this face is, at times, disfigured,” Benedict said in his final homily on Ash Wednesday. “I am thinking in particular of the sins against the unity of the church, of the divisions in the body of the church.” He called for his ministry to overcome “individualism” and “rivalry,” saying they were only for those “who have distanced themselves from the faith.”
the main culprit does look like a villain:
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/ruthdudleyedwards/100202421/its-time-c...
i wish they make a movie of this someday