Benedict's choice to retire, rather than die in the role of Bishop of Rome, might well have been prompted by his growing awareness that the ongoing clerical sexual abuse scandals revelations are not boding well for his forecast of a smaller, purer institution filled with faithful loyalists, dedicated to serving the call of The Saviour.
All opinions should be welcomed for they have the effect of inviting us to consider the possibility that we can change our mind, when life offers us the prospect that our earlier understandings may need updating, the result of
learning from our life's daily experiences.
He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.~ Thomas Paine
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