What can be called an insidious attempt to use Benedict XVI to advance Pope Francis' radical post-conciliar agenda has been exposed.
Early in the week the Catholic world had been abuzz over a letter sent by Benedict XVI to Vatican communications director Monsignor Dario Vigano, in which the former pontiff purportedly criticized Church conservatives for their "foolish prejudice" in not recognizing that "Pope Francis is a man of profound philosophical and theological formation."
AP now reports that the Vatican admitted on Wednesday that it digitally manipulated a photo of the letter sent out to the media to rebut critics of Pope Francis, who allege that his teaching represents a departure from Pope Benedict’s, and from the Tradition of the Catholic Church.