Promotional photo, suggesting former Pope Benedict's unqualified support for current Pope Francis' theology, was carefully arranged and photoshopped:
ncronline.org/news/vatican/vatican-releases-full-benedict-letter-revealing-concern-over-francis-theology-series
"ROME — The Vatican has released the full text of a letter written by retired Pope Benedict XVI about Pope Francis, days after admitting that an earlier photo sent to the media of the document was altered to obscure a portion of its contents."
"While a March 17 statement from the Secretariat for Communication says the original choice to withhold some of the letter's content was made for reasons of privacy, the full text makes clear that Benedict had expressed concern about a new book series examining Francis' theology."
"But images of the letter subsequently sent by the Vatican to the media obscured two lines at the bottom of the letter's first page. And the second page of the letter was covered by copies of the books in the theology series, leaving seen only Benedict's small signature."
ncronline.org/news/vatican/vatican-releases-full-benedict-letter-revealing-concern-over-francis-theology-series
"ROME — The Vatican has released the full text of a letter written by retired Pope Benedict XVI about Pope Francis, days after admitting that an earlier photo sent to the media of the document was altered to obscure a portion of its contents."
"While a March 17 statement from the Secretariat for Communication says the original choice to withhold some of the letter's content was made for reasons of privacy, the full text makes clear that Benedict had expressed concern about a new book series examining Francis' theology."
"But images of the letter subsequently sent by the Vatican to the media obscured two lines at the bottom of the letter's first page. And the second page of the letter was covered by copies of the books in the theology series, leaving seen only Benedict's small signature."