(ANSA) – VATICAN CITY, FEB 08 – Ratzinger, in a letter following the dossier on pedophilia in the Munich diocese that involved him during the years in which he was archbishop, speaks of “great guilt” for those who commit abuses but also for who does not face them in the same Church. In the meetings with the victims “I looked into the eyes of the consequences of a very great guilt and I learned to understand that we ourselves are dragged into this great guilt when we neglect it or when we do not face it with the necessary decision and responsibility, as too often is happened and happens “. “I have had great responsibilities in the Catholic Church. The greater is my pain” and “every day he asks me if even today I should not speak of very great guilt”.
The Pope Emeritus therefore returns to ask for forgiveness: “As in those meetings, once again I can only express my profound shame, my great pain and my sincere request for forgiveness towards all the victims of sexual abuse”.
A letter that comes after the closeness expressed by Pope Francis: “I am particularly grateful for the trust, support and prayer that Pope Francis has personally expressed to me”.
Then he talks about the approaching death. “Soon I will find myself in front of the ultimate judge of my life. Even if in looking back on my long life I can have a lot of fright and fear, I am still with a happy heart because I firmly trust that the Lord is not only the judge right, but at the same time the friend “. “In view of the hour of judgment, the grace of being a Christian becomes clear to me. Being a Christian gives me knowledge, moreover, friendship with the judge of my life and allows me to pass through the dark door with confidence of death “, confides Joseph Ratzinger. (HANDLE).
Source: Ansa
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