Rome Italy.
Pope emeritus Benedict XVI, known for his positions traditionalists, claims that his detractors want “silence him” and criticizes again the gay marriage, in an authorized biography published this Monday in Germany.
Joseph Ratzinger, 93-year-old says he is the victim of a “malicious distortion of reality” in this free call “Benedict XVI – A life” and that includes several interviews, according to the fragments published by the German press and the DPA press agency.
“The spectacle of the reactions of the german theology is it so aberrant and malicious I prefer not to talk about it, “he says.
“I prefer not to analyze the real reasons why they simply want shut me up“, Add.
In Germany, where the Catholic Church Run by prelates considered reformist, Ratzinger has been frequently criticized for his views on the Islam or social issues.
The one who was Pope between 2005 and 2013 he is accused of trying to sabotage the efforts of modernization from the church of his successor, the Pope Francisco.
In the book, Ratzinger However, he assures that he has good relations with the current Pope. “As you know, my personal friendship with him Pope Francisco it not only remained but developed, “he says.
In February, Benedict XVI was caught up in a controversy in the Vatican when his private secretary was removed from the environment of the Pope Francisco.
The decision was made after the publication of a book signed by Pope Emeritus and ultra-conservative Guinean Cardinal Robert Sarah in which they defended the celibacy of the priests, a very controversial topic within the church.
Some regarded the book as an intrusion into the pontificate of the Pope Francisco and even as a manifesto of the traditionalist fringe of the church.
After 48 hours of controversy, Benedict XVI asked that their name be removed from the book cover, introduction, and conclusions.
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In the biography published this Monday, Benedict XVI reiterates its opposition to gay marriage.
“A hundred years ago it would have been considered absurd to talk about gay marriage, today we are excommunicated when we oppose it,” he says.
“It is the same with abortion or the creation of humans in the laboratory,” he adds.
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