Pope Benedict: I resigned, but I kept ‘spiritual dimension’ of papacy

Luan Ribeiro · Apr 14, 2026

https://x.com/i/status/2044120559496151173

Mario · Apr 14, 2026

Where will this lead?

Jason Fernando · Apr 15, 2026

https://www.newsweek.com/avignon-pa...-us-threat-to-pope-and-vatican-means-11803877

Michael_Pio · Apr 15, 2026

SgCatholic said: ↑

"And we saw in an immense light that is God: ‘something similar to how people appear in a mirror when they pass in front of it' a Bishop dressed in White ‘we had the impression that it was the Holy Father'. Other Bishops, Priests, men and women Religious going up a steep mountain, at the top of which there was a big Cross of rough-hewn trunks as of a cork-tree with the bark; before reaching there the Holy Father passed through a big city half in ruins and half trembling with halting step, afflicted with pain and sorrow, he prayed for the souls of the corpses he met on his way; having reached the top of the mountain, on his knees at the foot of the big Cross he was killed by a group of soldiers who fired bullets and arrows at him, and in the same way there died one after another the other Bishops, Priests, men and women Religious, and various lay people of different ranks and ...."

Fr Gruner explained this: the bishop dressed in white (of whom Sr Lucy said they had the impression it was the holy father) is just that - a bishop dressed in white. The way she described him indicates that he is not actually the Holy Father.

In the part of the vision that follows, the one she calls the Holy Father is actually the Pope.

At minute 4:00 onwards.

PF has publicly referred to himself as the 'Bishop dressed in white'.
(in the official missal of his visit to Fatima in 2017, in the Prayer specially written for that day, Francis identifies himself as the "bishop dressed in white":
[Hail Mother of Mercy, Lady of the white robe! At this place where one hundred years ago you showed all the designs of our God's mercy, I look upon your robe of light and, as bishop dressed in white [como bispo vestido de branco], I remember all those who, robed in baptismal white, want to live in God and pray the mysteries of Christ to attain peace.]

Also, there is the vision of Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich - 2 popes and 2 churches, one true and the other false.

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Dear SgCatholic,

Thank you for pointing this out years ago. I wish you would consider returning to posting here on this forum.

Six years after your posts, we can see more clearly. I think you were essentially correct.

The ‘resignation’ of Pope Benedict XVI in 2013 was a turning point for the Holy Catholic Church. This ‘encouraged’ resignation was foretold by Fr. Malachi Martin’s book Windswept House 17 years before it happened.

It seems as though the Katechon has been removed. We are now living in the status described by Anna Katharina Emmerich: We see a false After-church as she called it, manmade and unholy. At the same time, the true Church is suppressed and hidden, a small remnant.

Jason Fernando said: ↑

curious, who do you think is the Bishop dressed in white?
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Dear Jason,

I think the “Bishop dressed in white” according to the Fatima secret may have been a reference to Pope or anti-pope Francis.

AidanK said: ↑

What if Benedict was somehow forced to retire under duress?
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Dear Aidan,

This was implied by the book “Windswept House”, 17 years before it happened. The book may perhaps be seen as providing insight into the unpublished parts of the Third Secret of Fatima. Windswept House also foretold that the chastisement by God has to with Kiev and Moscow, 26 years before the beginning of the Ukrainian war, at a time when Kiev and Moscow were effectively still part of the same country.

Mario said: ↑

Where will this lead?
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Dear Mario,

I hope this will lead to the revelation of truth. After all, we are now living in the time of revelation, also known as apocalypse.

God bless all here!

AED · Apr 15, 2026

Michael_Pio said: ↑

Dear SgCatholic,

Thank you for pointing this out years ago. I wish you would consider returning to posting here on this forum.

Six years after your posts we can see more clearly. I think you were essentially correct.

The ‘resignation’ of Pope Benedict XVI was a turning point for the Holy Catholic Church. This ‘encouraged’ resignation was foretold by Fr. Malachi Martin’s book Windswept House 17 years before it happened.

It seems as though the Katechon has been removed. We are now living in the status described by Anna Katharina Emmerich: We see a false After-church as she called it, manmade and unholy. At the same time, the true Church is suppressed and hidden, a small remnant.

Dear Jason,

I think the “Bishop dressed in white” according to the Fatima secret may have been a reference to Pope or anti-pope Francis.

Dear Aidan,

This was implied by the book “Windswept House”, 17 years before it happened. The book may perhaps be seen as providing insight into the unpublished parts of the Third Secret of Fatima. Windswept House also foretold that the chastisement by God has to with Kiev and Moscow, 26 years before the beginning of the Ukrainian war, at a time when Kiev and Moscow were effectively still part of the same country.

Dear Mario,

I hope this will lead to the revelation of truth. After all, we are now living in the time of revelation, also known as apocalypse.

God bless all here!
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Amen.

Steve79 · Apr 15, 2026

Michael_Pio said: ↑

Dear SgCatholic,

Thank you for pointing this out years ago. I wish you would consider returning to posting here on this forum.

Six years after your posts we can see more clearly. I think you were essentially correct.

The ‘resignation’ of Pope Benedict XVI was a turning point for the Holy Catholic Church. This ‘encouraged’ resignation was foretold by Fr. Malachi Martin’s book Windswept House 17 years before it happened.

It seems as though the Katechon has been removed. We are now living in the status described by Anna Katharina Emmerich: We see a false After-church as she called it, manmade and unholy. At the same time, the true Church is suppressed and hidden, a small remnant.

Dear Jason,

I think the “Bishop dressed in white” according to the Fatima secret may have been a reference to Pope or anti-pope Francis.

Dear Aidan,

This was implied by the book “Windswept House”, 17 years before it happened. The book may perhaps be seen as providing insight into the unpublished parts of the Third Secret of Fatima. Windswept House also foretold that the chastisement by God has to with Kiev and Moscow, 26 years before the beginning of the Ukrainian war, at a time when Kiev and Moscow were effectively still part of the same country.

Dear Mario,

I hope this will lead to the revelation of truth. After all, we are now living in the time of revelation, also known as apocalypse.

God bless all here!
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padraig · Apr 15, 2026

There is not to much that can happen in the Church that has not happened before. All the same I love it when the truth comes uot even if it unmasks great evils and scandals.

I would love to know much more about all this if only out of curiosity.

Dave Fagan · May 12, 2026 at 2:27 PM

Anthony Stine has an interesting video today. Speaking about recent reports that some of the Latin used by Pope Benedict in his resignation speech might have a very different meaning to what was translated and made public.

padraig · May 12, 2026 at 2:34 PM

Dave Fagan said: ↑

Anthony Stine has an interesting video today. Speaking about recent reports that some of the Latin used by Pope Benedict in his resignation speech might have a very different meaning to what was translated and made public.

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May God let the truth at last be known. Poor saintly Pope Benedict.

childofdivinewill · May 12, 2026 at 4:33 PM

Excerpt from Our Lord’s message concerning Pope Benedict XVI
(In Sinu Jesu, part of journal entry, Sunday, May 16, 2010, p. 165):

"[…] The Holy Father senses that there are souls united to him, souls who intercede for him, souls who offer their sufferings for him. I have, in fact, surrounded him with a legion of such souls, for without their effective self-oblation and constant prayer, he would falter beneath the weight of his office and experience a suffering to heavy for him to bear. […]"

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