I'm closely following the news about the resignation of Pope Benedict and the election of a new Pope as are millions of others in the world. Personally, having known people who could not come to terms with their limitations and proceeded to their incompetance in this life, I think his admission of weakness and inability to carry on, at an age when many people have been retired for 20 years, to be honorable.
The story is full of real world conflict.
Over the last several years I have met too many anti-Catholics who desperately wanted to believe that Dan Brown's fiction books were real.
If you are presently in the mood to read fiction or non-fiction about the world of the Vatican, I strongly suggest that you read MALACHY MARTIN.
Here's the link to his official site which has been held on the net by a devout fan of Malachy's since his death, where you can read about a man who was a true Vatican insider, a holy man, once an exorcist, who retired into private life and became a writer of well-selling books. Paging through WINDSWEPT HOUSE now.
Malachy Martin Official
