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Benedict XVI would not have approved the publication of the book written together with Cardinal Robert Sarah in which celibacy is defended, according to some media sources close to Pope Emeritus, to which the cardinal responded by publishing the letters that according to He authorized it.
A real internal war has been unleashed in the Vatican on Monday night when some media, including Corriere della Sera , have published a leaked version by a person who has not wanted to identify himself and who has been defined as close to the pontiff emeritus, according to which "Benedict XVI has not written the book with four hands with Cardinal Sarah " but is "a media publishing operation, of which Benedict does not want to be part and is totally foreign."
The same anonymous source explains that Pope Emeritus "only made available to Sarah a text about the priesthood he was writing" and that "he knew nothing about the cover of a book, nor had he approved it."
These statements of the alleged environment of Ratzinger provoked a harsh reaction from the Cardinal Prefect of the Divine Cult , who said on Twitter that accusing him of lying were "defamations of extreme gravity."
"Tonight I give proof of my close collaboration with Benedict XVI to write this text in favor of celibacy. I will speak tomorrow if necessary," added Sarah, who published the photos of three letters Benedict sent him.
The letters confirm that Benedict XVI sent a text about the priesthood and that he authorized it to publish it "in the way he intended", but does not specify at any time whether it is a book where an introduction and a signed conclusion for both.
Rumors about a possible manipulation of Ratzinger
The bomb fell on Sunday in the Vatican fell when the publication of a book signed by Benedict XVI and Sarah, one of the main leaders of the conservative faction that criticizes every movement of Francisco, in which celibacy was defended before the decision was announced that the Argentine pope will have to take on the proposal to order married men from the Synod on the Amazon.
The volume, published in French by Fayard and entitled From the deepest part of our hearts ( Des profondeurs de nos coeurs ), will arrive in bookstores on Wednesday, while the Pope ends his apostolic exhortation after the Amazon Synod , which for many is a pressure movement to Francisco.
This is how the rumors arise that point to Ratzinger, 92 years old and that for years is limited to brief appearances recorded or photographed by a journalist or friend who has visited him and in which he almost never makes statements and observes who speaks with great difficulty, could be being manipulated by the most conservative area of the Church , facing Francisco.
But there is also the obvious problem of defining the institution of Pope Emeritus and how and where his writings have to be published.
The official Vatican media have limited themselves to ensuring that in the book "the authors enter with their interventions in the debate on celibacy and on the possibility of ordering priests to married men" and that Ratzinger and Sarah define themselves as two bishops in " filial obedience to Pope Francis, "according to an article by the editorial director, Andrea Tornielli .
For his part, the director of the press office, Matteo Bruni , has said that Pope Francis has always opposed eliminating celibacy, but has not said a single word about whether Ratzinger agreed on the publication of this volume .
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