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01 March 2021 "There are not two Popes. The Pope is only one": Benedict XVI reiterates this in an interview with the
Corriere della Sera
.
On February 28, eight years ago, his resignation from the Papacy became effective, announced on February 11.
And now, after some time, he says: "It was a difficult decision. But I took it in full consciousness, and I think I did well. Some of my slightly 'fanatic' friends are still angry, they didn't want to accept my choice. I think of the conspiracy theories that followed it: who said it was the fault of the Vatileaks scandal, some of a conspiracy by the gay lobby, or of the case of the conservative Lefebvrian theologian Richard Williamson. They don't want to believe one choice made consciously. But my conscience is fine. "
The Pope Emeritus speaks of Mario Draghi.
"We hope that he will be able to resolve the crisis", he says, and adds: "He is a very respected man in Germany too".
On Joe Biden, the second Catholic president after Kennedy, he observes: "It is true, he is Catholic and observant. And personally he is against abortion", "but as president, he tends to present himself in continuity with the line of the Democratic Party ... And on gender politics we have not yet fully understood what his position is ".