Ratzinger had hoped to retire peacefully and said that "At a certain point, I prayed to God 'please don't do this to me'...Evidently, this time He didn't listen to me."
Ratzinger se nadao, da će otići u mirovinu i rekao da je za vrijeme konklave: "u određenom trenutku molio Boga: "Molim Te, nemoj mi to učiniti" - očito, ovaj put nije me uslišao."