RIP pave Benedict
January 7, 2023 
Internasjonalt, Nyheter 
Torstein Seim 
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Tidligere pave Benedict XVI er død. En mektig manns død krever refleksjon.
Teksten og oversettelsen er justert 27. januar 2023.
En nekrolog av Florian Bruckmann, oversatt av Torstein Seim, Reiner Schaufler og Lars O. Baumbusch, med tillatelse av forfatteren. Først publisert 31.12.2022 i: www.feinschwarz.net/einsamkeit-der-macht
Dette er en grundig og balansert gjennomgang av hva han har betydd for den katolske kirken. Men det er et par formuleringer som er litt mye satt på spissen.
Den legges ved som en pdf (på norsk)- trykk på linken2023 Maktens ensomhet
(Den er nå blitt språkvasket).
Ole Jakob Løland (Førsteamanuensis, Universitetet i Sørøst-Norge) kaller Raztinger frigjøringsteologiens fremste motstander i en kronikk i Klassekampen 5. jan 2023.
OVEK ble startet for å ivareta arven etter det andre vatikankonsil. Både Benedict og hans forgjenger ville heller bringe kirken tilbake til tiden før konsilet.
We Are Church International (WAC) har send ut en pressemelding – gjengies på engelsk.
We Are Church International (WAC) founded in Rome in 1996, is a global coalition of national church reform groups. It is committed to the renewal of the Roman Catholic Church based on the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965) and the theological spirit developed from it.
Her er pressemeldingen:
A contradictory theologian who leaves behind a difficult legacy
We Are Church International offers prayers for the repose of the soul of the retired Pope Benedict XVI who died on 31 December 2022.
We Are Church International sees the late Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, former Pope Benedict XVI, as a highly contradictory theologian who shaped the Roman Catholic Church for decades in a backward-looking way like no other post-conciliar church leader. He left his successor Pope Francis and the entire Church a difficult legacy to overcome, leaving a climate of fear and a theological standstill.
While Joseph Ratzinger helped shape the reforms of the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965) as a young theologian and advisor, he later proved to be a theologian driven by mistrust and frozen in fear in his 31 years at the Vatican (1982-2005 as Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith under Pope John Paul II, 2005-2013 as Pope Benedict XVI), who was overwhelmed with his leadership tasks.
Joseph Ratzinger did not develop an understanding of the future dimension of faith. Rather, he tried to limit or even withdraw the reform impulses of the Council. He thus proved to be a relentless reactionary who ultimately failed. During Benedict’s reign, it became more and more obvious that maintaining the Church hierarchical system is totally inconsistent with, if not opposite to, the Gospel’s message. Even as “Papa emeritus” he repeatedly spoke out in a highly problematic manner, despite his promise to the contrary. With his implausible statements on the second Munich abuse report, he himself severely damaged his reputation as a theologian and church leader and as a “co-worker of the truth” (his bishop’s motto). He was not prepared to make a personal admission of guilt. In doing so, he did great damage to the episcopal and papal office.
His commendable resignation in 2013 demystified the papal office. It would have been logical, however, if he had also taken off the white cassock.
May he rest in peace.
Colm Holmes
Chair, We Are Church International
photo: Vatican Media
