"Why They Are Attacking Me." Autobiography of a Pontificate
Ever since he was elected, Joseph Ratzinger has been the target of a crescendo of assaults, from inside and outside of the Church. Is an "invisible hand" moving them? Here's how the pope sees and explains it
by Sandro Magister
Three different attacks are underway against Benedict XVI, carried out by three different enemies. The first and main enemy is the external one. It is the currents of opinion and centers of power hostile to the Church and to this pope.The second enemy is those Catholics – including not a few priests and bishops – who see Benedict XVI as an obstacle to their project of "modernist" reform for the Church.Finally, the third enemy is those officials of the Vatican curia who hurt the pope instead of helping him, out of incapacity, ignorance, or even opposition.Continue reading this article here: http://chiesa.espresso.repubblica.it/articolo/1344604?eng=y 
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