A Tale Of Two Benedicts

Sad, so sad.

Before he was Benedict he was Ratzinger, a modernist who was one of the influential minds behind the disaster of Vatican II. As Benedict he stated, reflecting upon what he and his fellow modernist accomplished in Vatican II, that Gaudium et Spes was in keeping with the Revolution in reconciling the Church to the world. So in keeping with that train of thought, he is neither a coward or weak. He is merely a modernist.

I have to digress a bit: everyone says he was a brilliant and perceptive man. Was he? A brilliant man would have questioned his own ability to rule Holy Church. A perceptive man would have realized he was likely leaving the papacy in the hands of a turncoat, and would have just sat quietly for the next eight + years. I have been a trad Catholic for many years so that may color my perspective, but even if Benedict had sat in silence and said, ‘I’m praying about this. Let’s all pray about it’, he could have lasted until now if he had not given up. I think he is worse than the two options you propose. I pray for him, and for Francis, and for myself. I have to ask, what would you have done in his shoes?
Yes. I know none of us is in his shoes. But with your knowledge at the time of his papacy and the recent history of the Church, what do you think you would have done? Comments please, if I am wrong.