From
LifeSiteNews:-
July 15, 2017 (
LifeSiteNews) – "Pope Benedict XVI sent a sobering message at the funeral of Cardinal Joachim Meisner today, saying he was moved at the
dubia cardinal's ability
to "live out of a deep conviction that the Lord does not abandon His
Church, even when the boat has taken on so much water as to be on the
verge of capsizing."
The Church "stands in particularly pressing need of convincing
shepherds who can resist the dictatorship of the spirit of the age and
who live and think the faith with determination," Pope Benedict said in a
message read by Archbishop Georg Gänswein, his personal secretary and
head of the papal household. Because of this "pressing need," Meisner
"found it difficult to leave his post."
"What moved me all the more was that, in this last period of his
life, he learned to let go and to live out of a deep conviction that the
Lord does not abandon His Church, even when the boat has taken on so
much water as to be on the verge of capsizing," the pope emeritus
concluded.
Meisner, who was 83, was one of the four cardinals who sent Pope Francis a
dubia asking if
Amoris Laetitia is aligned with Catholic morality.
He died still awaiting the pope's response. Although Pope Francis hasn't answered the
dubia, he has
given his approval to interpretations of the controversial exhortation that say those living in adulterous unions may receive Holy Communion.
In June 2017, Pope Benedict met new cardinals alongside Pope Francis. He had a brief message for them: "
The Lord wins in the end."
Meisner died holding his breviary, about to offer Mass."
Raymond Arroyo, from The World Over (EWTN) states:-
Canon lawyer Kurt Martens said:-
The Bishop of Lancaster has personally translated the message at:-
http://www.lancasterdiocese.org.uk/bishop-campbells-translation-of-benedict-xvis-message-at-the-funeral-of-cardinal-meisner/.