User:Lucid/Popesource

This is a collection of statements from Pope Benedict XVI that need sourcing.

I got tired of it at this point, but you can see where I'm going on this. For what should be one of the most widely known and loved person on the planet, the lack of sources is appalling.

FYI -- not trying to mess up your page here, but since I don't know how to tag these things, I thought I'd just leave the info. On the number of times he's said he wanted to retire, The Ratzinger Interview (EWTN Video 2003) would be sufficient. He discusses at least three occasions when he thought seriously enough about retiring that it became a concrete plan. As for him staying put because Pope John Paul II asked him to, that's probably actually true, but some care should be taken. In the EWTN interview he says instead that he felt he could not just run off and write his books while leaving "the suffering Pope" behind at work. Knowing what someone is thinking is just really hard -- the only "evidence" is what someone says, and what that person says may not be true. On the other hand, just because Pope John Paul II asked him to stay and he did stay does not mean there's a precise causal connection. "Obedience," "sympathy" and perhaps even "shame" are very different. If we asked him now, he might say that the Holy Spirit must have been at work through circumstance.

Oh, and for someone looking for sources, his works Milestones, Salt of the Earth and God and the World are all significantly autobiographical.--Morsefan 04:43, 28 July 2007 (UTC)