But by January 2014, his earlier confidence was showing signs of wavering, such as when he reminded readers about “What popes can and can’t do.”

Source: https://catholicoutlook.org/has-pope-francis-betrayed-his-predecessors-legacies/

Georg Gaenswein, Benedict's personal secretary who was seen kissing his wooden coffin in St Peter's Square last week, has embarrassed the Vatican with a series of revelations about the private conversations between the two popes.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11626773/Years-tensions-Pope-Francis-predecessor-Benedict-revealed-explosive-memoir.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

“He also seems to put much more emphasis on his personal discernment than on the discernment of past popes and the general discernment of the Church through the centuries,” the archbishop added.

Source: https://www.breitbart.com/faith/2023/01/14/archbishop-chaput-catholic-churchs-talent-bench-pretty-thin-benedict/

I know many think the two popes were at odds.

Source: https://www.lewrockwell.com/2023/01/no_author/an-insiders-view-of-benedicts-resignation/

Perhaps the lesson is that if popes want to float peace plans, they should avoid the number seven.

Source: https://insidethevatican.com/news/newsflash/letter-93-2023-mon-may-15-pope-zelensky/

Pope Benedict XVI was one of the three popes in 2,000 years who visited a mosque, which is an extraordinary gesture.

Source: https://mb.com.ph/2023/01/08/a-pope-of-many-remarkable-talents-and-outstanding-accomplishments/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-pope-of-many-remarkable-talents-and-outstanding-accomplishments

She tells him, sobs catching in her throat, “You watched empires rise and fall, cheered the gladiators in Rome, sailed across oceans to new worlds while you fed on kings and princes and popes.”

Source: https://collider.com/rebecca-ferguson-doctor-sleep/

Sister André saw 18 French presidents and ten popes and served her nation at a hospital.

Source: https://thesource.com/2023/01/19/worlds-oldest-person-french-nun-sister-andre-dies-at-118/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=worlds-oldest-person-french-nun-sister-andre-dies-at-118

Those of us who want change may be disappointed by this incremental way of proceeding, but more rapid change in Protestant churches has often resulted in schisms, something popes want to avoid at all costs.

Source: https://www.christiantoday.com/article/pope.francis.appoints.men.and.women.to.build.a.synodal.church/140465.htm

Usually they were innocuous, but one 2020 book — in which Benedict defended the celibate priesthood at a time when Francis was considering an exception — sparked demands for future "popes emeritus" to keep quiet.

Source: https://www.startribune.com/benedict-xvi-first-pope-to-resign-in-600-years-dies-at-95/600239813/