Why did the relationship between Francis and Benedict deteriorate?

The current pope’s “Traditionis Custodis” motu proprio was removed by Benedict in 2007 with a “summorum pontificum.” He rehabilitated the mass in Latin.

A decision taken in 2021, “Rebuilding the unity of the Church in relation to various liturgical sensibilitiesIt has been used to increase distance, harden differences, create oppositions that hurt the Church, slow its path, and expose it to the risk of schism.

Ratzinger attempted to reopen the masses in Latin, reconciling with the more conservative and traditionalist sections of the church that never supported the liturgical reform of the 1970s. After 13 years, Bergoglio retreated and launched a capillary consultation to all the bishops of the world. By the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF).

In this way, it was decreed that anyone could celebrate the mass in Latin Permission must be sought from the local bishopAccording to the directives of the Holy See.

100,000 faithful bid farewell to Benedict

The Coffin of Benedict XVI, He passed away last Saturday at the age of 95At the end of the funeral procession led by Pope Francis, the statue was carried inside the basilica. St. Peter For his burial.

A sober wooden coffin Joseph Ratzinger left St. Peter’s Square He will be laid to rest in the crypt to the applause of the faithful Until John Paul II received his salvation in 2011The date his coffin was transferred to the chapel in the basilica.

The coffin containing the remains of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI was moved from St. Peter’s Square to the Vatican grottoes for the funeral, where it will be buried in the mausoleum of St. John Paul II.

The coffin was carried by Over 100,000 faithful in 12 “cediaries”, old gestatory chairs and St. Peter’s Square They were greeted with loud applause.