In response Feb. 8 to a recent report on sexual abuse cases in the German Archdiocese of Munich and Freising, Pope Benedict also confirmed that an error in the testimony written on his behalf had been an oversight and “was not intentionally willed and I hope may be excused.”
Retired pope asks forgiveness in response to Munich abuse report
Retired Pope Benedict corrects statement for Munich abuse report
Amending a written statement made to a panel investigating clerical sexual abuse in his former Archdiocese of Munich and Freising, retired Pope Benedict XVI said he was present at a 1980 meeting to discuss the transfer of a priest accused of misconduct.
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In the spotlight: walk to end abuse, Clown Doctors, Rockefeller Center Christmas tree
Where Peter is: Canonists tackle regulating papal resignation, impeded See
There remain many lingering doctrinal, juridical and theological questions concerning a pope’s resignation as well as what to do when the Apostolic See is impeded.
Vatican report reveals omissions in Archbishop Vigano’s ‘testimony’
The Vatican’s extensive report on Theodore E. McCarrick revealed several crucial details that call into question the 2018 “testimony” of Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, including that he did not investigate the former cardinal when ordered to do so by the Vatican in 2012.
Pope Benedict had approved the Vatican-China agreement, cardinal says
Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, said that Pope Benedict XVI also approved of the Vatican-China agreement on bishops that Pope Francis plans to renew.
Continuity in particularity: Cardinal looks at Pope Francis, Benedict XVI
“Una Sola Chiesa,” (“Only One Church”) is a book, released Sept. 1, that demonstrates continuity by presenting excerpts of general audiences talks from Pope Benedict and Pope Francis on the themes of church, family, prayer, faith and mercy.
German author says retired Pope Benedict is ‘extremely frail’
Peter Seewald, the author who has published four wide-ranging book-length interviews with the retired pope, was quoted in the Aug. 3 edition of the Bavarian newspaper Passauer Neue Presse.