Proof That Bearing False Witness Against A Future Pope Is Not Unforgiveable

Proving that he does not hold a grudge, the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI has apparently decided NOT to accept the resignation of Washington, D.C. Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick "at this time". According to Rocco Palmo at Whispers in the Loggia, Cardinal McCarrick announced the Holy Father's decision at the annual Labor Day gathering for the priests of the Archdiocese of Washington.

You may remember that it was Cardinal McCarrick who who just last year "misrepresented" the contents of then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger's letter to the American Bishops regarding the propriety of denying Communion to pro-abortion politicians.

UPDATE:
Dom Bettinelli wonders whether the good Cardinal may be up to his old tricks and could be "misrepresenting" again, since "we have McCarrick saying that Ratzinger/Benedict told him he’s staying on past retirement, but we have heard no announcement out of the Vatican on this".

Hmmm. Very interesting.