In 2013, after eight years as pope, Benedict upended the rules of the modern papacy. Elio Guerriero, a Benedict biographer who has known Benedict since the 1980s, says Benedict is content in his quiet daily life. Those who have visited Benedict as pope emeritus say he has also tried to avoid fostering insurrection. Benedict told them that he wasn’t the pope and shouldn’t be involved — and afterward privately alerted Francis. Two acquaintances of Benedict say he was a feeble manager as pontiff and that even if he had imposed the sanctions he might not have had the wherewithal to enforce them.

Source: Washington Post September 02, 2018 16:30 UTC