PopeWatch: And So It Begins
Donald R. McClarey
Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three, one in Heaven, and happily married for 41 years. Small town lawyer and amateur historian. Former president of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center for a decade.
“The U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See, Joe Donnelly, will represent the United States at the funeral of the Pope, in line with the wishes of the late Pope and the Vatican,” Jean-Pierre said. “This is what — this is what their requests were. This is what their wishes were.”
https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-wont-represent-u-s-at-benedicts-funeral-per-wishes-of-the-late-pope
Joe Biden is not welcome. Well played Pope Benedict. Well played.
The odds of Benedict himself authorizing the post-mortem release of anything that would risk a schism are too low to be taken seriously.
Here’s an idea: when a Pope Emeritus dies, should we have a conclave to choose the next Pope Emeritus?