@newz What else could #popefrancis have dared to say about his predecessor #popeemeritusbenedict in public?
I have no idea which exact words might have been widely believable and appropriate at the same time? Not an easy task, indeed.

Final farewell: From #SidneyPoitier to #PopeEmeritusBenedict a look back at the influential figures who died in 2022 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/final-farewell-sidney-poitier-pope-emeritus-benedict-look-back-influen-rcna63877 #InMemoriam

#popefrancis #PopeEmeritusBenedict
#RIP

“If an individual is to accept himself, someone must say to him: ‘It is good that you exist’ – must say it, not with words, but with that act of the entire being that we call love." (Joseph Ratzinger, Principles of Catholic Theology)

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