Some readers have questioned our reading of the recent Panorama article by Ignazio Ingrao on several aspects of the Benedictine pontificate. The problem is... we never offered any "interpretation" of the article. Quite the opposite, in fact: as we usually do here, one of our contributors merely translated a small portion of the Panorama article.
So, what is the main theme of the article? Is it the resistance of the Curia? Or is it the acquiescence of the Pontiff?
Is it not evident, in a monarchical system such as that established by the Divine Constitution of the Church, that every resistance which is not caused by an extra-ecclesiastical authority (such as the civil authorities) is a resistance which does not have power in itself except that which is granted to it, willingly, by the acquiescent authority who wields the real power?
So, what is the main theme of the article? Is it the resistance of the Curia? Or is it the acquiescence of the Pontiff?
Is it not evident, in a monarchical system such as that established by the Divine Constitution of the Church, that every resistance which is not caused by an extra-ecclesiastical authority (such as the civil authorities) is a resistance which does not have power in itself except that which is granted to it, willingly, by the acquiescent authority who wields the real power?
