Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI Says Made Conscious Decision To Resign, Has No Regrets
Sumaira FH Published March 01, 2021 | 05:20 PM
ROME (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 01st March, 2021) Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI has confirmed that his decision to retire was entirely his own and the former leader of the Catholic world does not regret it.
Benedict XVI stepped down from office in 2013 and was succeeded by current Pope Francis. The former pontiff currently resides in Mater Ecclesiae, a small monastery in the Vatican City.
"It was a hard decision. But I made it in full conscience and think that I did a good thing. Some of my friends who are a tad zealous are still annoyed. They did not want to approve my choice. I am thinking about conspiracy theories that followed it [the decision] .
.. They do not want to believe that the choice was made consciously. But my conscience is clear," Benedict said in an interview with Corriere della Sera, published on Monday.
Among the conspiracy theories that emerged in connection with his resignation, the former pope listed the 2012 leaks scandal, machinations of an alleged gay lobby, as well as the scandal involving lifting excommunication of Richard Williamson, a former member of the traditionalist Society of Saint Pius X and notorious Holocaust denier.
During the interview, Benedict XVI emphasized that "there are no two popes, there is only one pope."
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