by Anura Guruge
on April 13, 204

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The only person that could convince me that Francis is SMARTER than Benedict XVI is ‘Georg Gänswein‘ — who directly served BOTH popes.

To be fair I don’t think Francis, old & feeble, had much to do with this. He, like ‘Biden’, seems awfully confused & disoriented much of the time.

That the title is ONLY included in the ‘Annuario Pontifico‘ (Pontifical Yearbook) list of ‘Historic Titles‘ gives me heart.

Yes, we can’t deny that ‘Patriarch of the West’ is indeed an ‘historic title’. That might be what this is all about. Just keeping the facts right.

But, Benedict XVI relinquished the title for a reason — later CODIFIED by the Vatican.

This is just a unnecessary distraction. I am not going to bother saying much beyond this. It is an historic title. I can live with that.

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