 immediately, but lets his cronies, like Donald Wuerl, who covered up sexual abuse, continue on and reign the red cassock of a cardinal. Chaput said this, and this is actually a brilliant summation of Benedict. He said, for Pope Benedict, a Catholic does not have to publicly renounce his faith to be an apostate, in other words, to no longer be Catholic. He said, simply be silent when your duty as a faithful Catholic calls you to speak up and speak out.