The Schmitz piece is overwrought, I agree. But so are the various pieces by Robert Mickens who has asserted that Benedict is sowing the seeds of opposition to Francis. If the Schmitz piece is tenable, then shouldn't the Mickens' pieces be so as well? And yet I have seen almost no one push back against them as they have against Schmitz.

And of course only 1 of the 2 lost a job over making jokes over a Pope's death.