The recent revelations of sexual abuse by clerics in Germany and Austria have unleashed another vitriolic attack by the secular press seeking to create connections where none exist and to, by smarmy phraseology to imply that Msgr. Georg Ratzinger (the Holy Father's elder brother) and the Holy Father himself may have engaged in "cover up" activity. Both of these implications are clearly false to anyone who attempts a slightly objective read the accounts.
In any case, we need to offer prayers for the Holy Father so that he may continue to have the strength to feed the Lord's flock, which is his divinely given responsibility:
Let us pray for Benedict, our Pope. May the Lord preserve him, and give him life, and make
him blessed upon the earth, and deliver him not up to the
will of his enemies. [Ps 40:3]
Our Father, Hail Mary.
O God, Shepherd and Ruler of all Thy faithful people, look
mercifully upon Thy servant Benedict, whom Thou hast chosen
as shepherd to preside over Thy Church. Grant him, we
beseech Thee, that by his word and example, he may edify
those over whom he hath charge, so that together with the
flock committed to him, may he attain everlasting life.
Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
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