Cardinal Gerhard Mueller wrote in 2023,

“Throughout the history of the Church, whenever Popes have felt or behaved like politicians, things have gone wrong. In politics it is about the power of the people over the people, in the Church of Christ it is about the service of the eternal salvation of men, to which the Lord has called men to be his apostles. The Pope is seated in the Chair of Peter. And the way Simon Peter is presented in the New Testament, with all its ups and downs, should be an empowerment and a warning to every Pope. In the Upper Room, before his Passion, Jesus says to Peter:

When you are converted, strengthen your brethren (Lk 22,32), that is, in the faith of Christ, the Son of the living God (Mt 16,16).

Only in this way is he the rock on which Jesus builds his church, the gates of hell cannot overcome.”

Source: infovaticana.com via cathcon.blogspot 9/12/23 https://infovaticana.com/