Opinion | The War Between the Catholic Cardinals - The New York Times

Beginning with a bald declaration that the Francis pontificate has been a "catastrophe," the memorandum depicts a church falling into theological confusion, losing ground to evangelicalism and Pentecostalism as well as secularism, and weakened by financial losses, corruption and lawless papal governance. (On the climate within the Vatican, Pell writes: "Phone tapping is regularly practised. I am not sure how often it is authorized.") 

The other is a long essay by Pell's fellow cardinal, Robert McElroy of San Diego, that ran this week in America, the Jesuit magazine. It shares with Pell's memo a premise that the church faces debilitating internal divisions, but it argues that division should be resolved through the completion of the revolution sought by the church's liberals. In particular, McElroy urges the church to shelve any meaningful judgment on sexual relationships and to open communion to "all of the baptized," presumably including Protestants. Only this kind of radical inclusion, he suggests, has "any hope of attracting the next generation to life in the church."

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/28/opinion/catholic-church-benedict-schism.html

Book by Pope Benedict’s Aide Threatens Pope Francis With Vatican Scandal

But the whispers weren't about Francis making the choice. They were about how to push him off the throne...

https://www.thedailybeast.com/book-by-pope-benedicts-aide-threatens-pope-francis-with-vatican-scandal

Opinion: Pope Benedict′s defense is outrageous and tragic | Europe | News and current affairs from around the continent | DW | 21.01.2022

A report about how the archdiocese of Munich handled cases of sexual abuse by priests makes for devastating reading and tarnishes the image of the retired Pope Benedict XVI, says DW's Christoph Strack...

https://www.dw.com/en/opinion-pope-benedicts-defense-is-outrageous-and-tragic/a-60520165

Pope Benedict accused of wrongdoing in Munich abuse report - The Washington Post

…Matthias Katsch, a spokesman for the Eckiger Tisch victims group, said that "the building of lies to protect Pope Benedict has just collapsed with a crash."…
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/01/20/germany-church-abuse-benedict/

Theodore McCarrick Abuse Allegations: Vatican Report Says Pope John Paul II Knew : NPR

...The most striking revelation is that Pope John Paul II, who was made a saint in 2014, appointed McCarrick to the position of archbishop of Washington despite a letter from the late New York Cardinal John O'Connor in 1999 detailing allegations against him...

https://www.npr.org/2020/11/10/933382721/vatican-report-says-pope-john-paul-ii-knew-about-allegations-against-former-card

Pope Benedict shows us how the Catholic Church went so terribly off-course - The Washington Post: Opinion

When the emeritus leader, after six years of silence, weighs in, you know the problem is out of hand....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/pope-benedict-shows-us-how-the-catholic-church-went-so-terribly-off-coursee/2019/04/12/47d4c456-5d49-11e9-a00e-050dc7b82693_story.html

The Washington Post: Ex-Pope Benedict contradicts Pope Francis in unusual intervention on sexual abuse

Breaking years of silence on major church affairs, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI has written a lengthy letter devoted to clerical sex abuse in which he attributes the crisis to a breakdown of church and societal moral teaching and says he felt compelled to assist “in this difficult hour.” ...https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/speaking-out-at-this-difficult-hour-a-once-quiet-ex-pope-pens-a-lengthy-letter-on-sexual-abuse/2019/04/11/0ffa162e-5c1a-11e9-a00e-050dc7b82693_story.html

Retired Pope Benedict accused of anti-Semitism after article on Christians and Jews - USA TODAY

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, head of the Roman Catholic Church from 2005 to 2013, is accused of anti-Semitism after publishing a controversial essay. ....
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2018/08/03/pope-benedict-accused-anti-semitism-article-christians-jews/900889002/