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Pope Francis greets retired Pope Benedict XVI prior to the opening of the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican in 2015. (CNS photo/Maurizio Brambatti, EPA)
FaithNews
Cindy Wooden - Catholic News Service
With age comes finding greater challenges in the Gospels, Pope Benedict XVI says.
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Benedict XVI: “Obedience to my successor has always been unquestionable.”
Pope Francis greets retired Pope Benedict XVI during a June 28 ceremony at the Vatican marking the 65th anniversary of the retired pope's priestly ordination. (CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano, handout)
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Cindy Wooden - Catholic News Service
"Practical governance was not my forte and this certainly was a weakness."
Pope Francis greets retired Pope Benedict XVI during a June 28 ceremony at the Vatican marking the 65th anniversary of the retired pope's priestly ordination. (CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano)
Faith
Cindy Wooden - Catholic News Service
The retired pope has given another interview to the journalist and author Peter Seewald.
People in Paris form a human solidarity chain Nov. 15 near the site of the attack at the Bataclan concert hall (CNS photo/Pascal Rossignol, Reuters).
FaithIn All Things
Thomas Rosica, C.S.B.

Editors Note, Feb. 25, 2019: America has become aware that this article included extensive unattributed material from other sources. Accordingly, we have removed the text.

Politics & SocietyNews
David Gibson - Religion News Service
Eight years ago this Friday Sept 12 Pope Benedict XVI delivered a lecture at the University of Regensburg in Bavaria in which he seemed to diagnose Islam as a religion inherently flawed by fanaticism It was an undiplomatic assertion to say the least.