Tuesday marks the fifth
anniversary of Pope Francis's election to the helm of the
Catholic Church following the shock resignation of his
predecessor, Benedict XVI.
The former pontiff blasted prejudice against his successor in
a letter sent ahead of the anniversary.
"I applaud this initiative that wants to oppose and react to
the obtuse prejudice for which Pope Francis is only a practical
man devoid of any theological or philosophical training, while I
was allegedly only a theorist of theology who understood little
of the concrete lives of today's Christians," the letter read.
"The volumes of The Theology of Pope Francis presented today
show with reason that Pope Francis is a man of profound
philosophical and theological training and thus help to see the
internal continuity between the two pontificates, albeit with
all the differences of style and temperament".
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