![]() ![]() ![]() The Pope had agreed with Lefebvre, whom he had suspended from office shortly before, that there were "abuses" in the implementation of the reforms of the Second Vatican Council. ![]() During the half-hour meeting, which took place in a very tense atmosphere, the Pope had said to Lefebvre: "You classify the Pope as unfaithful to the faith - then take my place and lead the Church!" Pope Francis, who will canonise his predecessor Paul VI in October, said in a greeting to the book that this letter of resignation was also evidence of Paul's holiness.Ībove all, however, Sapienza provides details of a conversation between Paul VI and Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre he received the founder of the schismatically oriented Pius Brotherhood in Castel Gandolfo in September 1976. The letter had been kept in Paul's desk many Cardinals had known of its existence. ![]() In the book, "La barca di Paolo", published on Wednesday, Leonardo Sapienza reveals, among other things, that Montini as Pope wrote a letter of resignation in the event of his incapacity just a few years after being elected pope. Surprising details from the tenure of Pope Paul VI (1963-78) are offered in a new book by a high-ranking Vatican prelate. Paul VI to Lefebvre: "Then you run the Church!" ![]()
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