Benedict’s longing for heaven, recently hinted at in a letter of condolence, is not to be interpreted as meaning that the former pope “no longer has any desire to live.”
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Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI hopes to soon join his best friend in ‘the afterlife’
Retired Pope Benedict XVI has said he hopes to soon join a beloved professor friend in “the afterlife,” in a sign that the 94-year-old pontiff is not only accepting his eventual death but welcoming it.
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Pope Francis says Benedict XVI rightly warned against not respecting life
Pope Francis praised his predecessor’s courage in denouncing the danger of people no longer respecting or understanding the sacredness of human life in the introduction to a new book.
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What ‘Jeopardy!’ can learn from the Vatican
I know what you’re thinking. Joseph Ratzinger would have made an amazing host of “Jeopardy!” I don’t disagree.
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Do Pope Francis and Pope Benedict disagree about Vatican II and the traditional Latin Mass?
“I never imagined that Pope Francis would go back that strongly to what Vatican II said and uphold it.”
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Retired Pope Benedict XVI criticizes actions of German church leaders
“As long as only the ministry, but not the heart and the spirit, speak in official church texts, the exodus from the world of faith will continue,” he wrote.
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Pope Francis congratulates Pope Benedict XVI on 70th anniversary of his priestly ordination
Pope Francis congratulated retired Pope Benedict XVI on the 70th anniversary of his priestly ordination.
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The U.S. bishops should stop singling out abortion as the ‘pre-eminent’ issue for Catholic voters
And three other ways they can improve their Catholic voting guide before the next election.
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Benedict XVI defends his decision to resign to ‘fanatic’ fans who doubt legitimacy of Pope Francis
Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI marked the eighth anniversary of his resignation by insisting he stepped down knowingly and that “there is only one pope”—Francis.
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To understand Pope Francis, you have to know what he actually means by the word ‘fraternity’
In a world that trivializes kinship more and more, Pope Francis’ retrieval of the concept of fraternity is timely and challenging.