Cantalamessa: Benedict XVI’s Resignation "Democratized" Papal Office
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During a retreat for the US bishops last week Cantalamessa went on calling the present deadly Church crisis a “golden age" compared to past centuries when many bishops were more concerned about governing their territory than caring for the flock.”
[At least then, the bishops were not actively engaged in leading the flock into the abyss and, after all, still had a flock left.]
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