The funeral will be a time to remember and mourn Benedict XVI – but the plotting that will take place may resemble an episode of Succession. There is already a pope – Francis, the man picked in 2013 to succeed him. There are some in the Roman Catholic church who would dearly love another pope to be elected very soon. Two arch-conservative men took the statues and threw them in the Tiber river, saying “they do not belong in a Catholic church”. Benedict XVI will be remembered for striving to pull the Roman Catholic church back towards tradition and even the restoration of discarded ritual, such as the old Latin mass.

Source: The Guardian January 03, 2023 18:05 UTC