Benedict XVI Wanted to Receive Monsignor Livio Melina
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Melina was the Institute's president from 2006 to 2016. Although he has impeccable academic credentials, he was recently fired as a professor.
Before becoming a professor, Melina collaborated with Cardinal Ratzinger at the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. The two had a close relationship. Ratzinger personally wanted him to take over a position at the John Paul II Institute in 1991.
But Melina became a victim of Pope Francis’ wrath after his Institute had opposed Francis' heretical Amoris Laetitia.
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