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A Reflection for Thursday before Epiphany, by Jill Rice
Pope Benedict XVI waves from the balcony of his summer residence in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, during his Angelus prayer on Aug. 29, 2010. (CNS photo/Max Rossi, Reuters)
A timeline of significant events in the life of Pope Benedict XVI.
The death of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI has deprived the church of a dedicated pastor whose papal witness stands as a model of grace and humility for his successors.
Pope Francis will preside at the requiem Mass and impart the final blessing before the burial of Benedict XVI at a solemn ceremony marked by simplicity in St. Peter’s Square on the morning of Jan. 5.

What makes your homeland important?

What gifts can it offer to Christ?

As an individual, what can you offer to the Christ you seek? What concrete step today does the church need to make to show its openness to the world?

pope francis sits in his chair and gestures during his general audience
"The Virgin Mary is a great teacher of discernment,” Pope Francis said in his Wednesday general audience on Jan. 4, 2023.
Pope Francis chats with retired Pope Benedict XVI.
“Benedict XVI did theology on his knees,” the pope wrote in the book’s introduction. “His explanation of the faith was carried out with the devotion of a man who has surrendered all of himself to God.”
Long before he became Pope Benedict XVI, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger wrote an essay for America on the universal church.
Archbishop Georg Gaenswein’s “Nothing but the Truth: My Life Beside Pope Benedict XVI” is being published this month by the Piemme imprint of Italian publishing giant Mondadori.
Pope Francis’ agenda appears daunting even for a younger man, but, as he has said on more than one occasion, “one governs from the head, not from the knee.”