April 2, 2024 / 04:07 PM
In the new book interview by the Spanish Vaticanist Javier Martínez-Brocal with Pope Francis, which will be released this April 3, the Holy Father recalls that Benedict XVI defended him when he was accused of promoting “homosexual marriage.”
In the book The Successor: My memories of Benedict XVI, Pope Francis relates that on one occasion he had “a very beautiful interview with him when some cardinals came to see him, surprised by my words about marriage, and he was very clear with them.”
“One day they showed up at his house to practically process me and accused me before him that I promoted homosexual marriage. Benedicto did not get agitated, because he knew perfectly well what I think. “He listened to them all, one by one, calmed them down and explained everything to them,” said Pope Francis.