https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/04/ex-pope-benedict-xvi-accuses-opponents-of-wanting-to-silence-himThe former pope Benedict XVI has accused opponents of wanting to silence him, while associating gay marriage with the Antichrist and attacking humanist ideologies in an authorised biography published in Germany.
“A century ago, anyone would have thought it absurd to talk about homosexual marriage. Today those who oppose it are excommunicated from society,” Benedict said in the book.
“It’s the same thing with abortion and creating human life in the laboratory,” he said. It was only natural for people to fear the spiritual power of the Antichrist, he added.
“The real threat to the church ... is in the global dictatorship of purportedly humanist ideologies,” he said.
