National Catholic Register, Edward Pentin:
Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández has said that Pope Francis and the Vatican already knew about his sexually graphic 1998 book connecting sexual relations with a mystical relationship with God, and that he expected the work and other “old things” to be used against him.
In a new interview with the Spanish news agency EFE published Friday, the prefect of the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith said he “foresaw” his critics bringing to light his book The Mystical Passion: Spirituality and Sensuality, which was withdrawn from sale soon after it was published. Report is here.
