This was the secret call Pope Francis made to Benedict XVI to protect the Church

There are not a few times that Pope Francis referred to his predecessor, Benedict XVI, since his death on December 31, 2022. On the same day of his death, he declared: "With emotion we remember this person so noble, so kind. We feel in our hearts a lot of gratitude: gratitude to God for giving him to the Church and to the world; gratitude to him, for all the good he did, and especially for his witness of faith and prayer, especially in these las…