This week on “Inside the Vatican,” the hosts dedicate the entire episode to the questions surrounding the new book From the Depths of Our Hearts.
Pope Benedict XVI
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Benedict XVI has asked Cardinal Sarah to have his name removed from the book on priestly celibacy
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI did not co-author the book ‘From the Depths of Our Hearts’ with Cardinal Robert Sarah and asked to have his name removed as co-author, according to Archbishop Georg Gänswein.
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Benedict XVI and Cardinal Sarah coauthor book on celibacy, opposing the ordination of married men
They call on the church “not to be impressed” by “the bad advocacies, the diabolical lies, the erroneous ways by which they wished to devalue priestly celibacy” in the media reporting of that synod.
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‘The Two Popes’: What’s fact and what’s fiction?
‘The Two Popes’ tells a detailed story of the relationship between Pope Benedict XVI and Pope Francis. But does it have all the facts right?
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Review: ‘The Two Popes’ is a tour-de-force that takes the Catholic Church seriously
The film addresses the weightiest questions confronting the church—and not just about financial crimes and sexual abuse.
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How Ross Douthat is calling Catholic conservatives to humility
The recent writings of New York Times columnist Ross Douthat are calling political conservatives to a needed greater humility.
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Markets and global elites can’t fix the world’s problems
Anand Giridharadas comes to conclusions that are consonant with the works of Pope Francis and Pope Benedict XVI.
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Joe Biden denied Communion at Mass during campaign stop in South Carolina
“Sadly, this past Sunday, I had to refuse holy Communion to former Vice President Joe Biden,” Father Robert Morey wrote in a statement responding to queries from the Florence Morning News.
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Pope Benedict XVI responds to criticism of his reflection on the sex abuse crisis
Pope Benedict XVI said the fact that the critiques barely mentioned God proved his point.
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Pope Benedict XVI speaks in new interview: ‘There is one pope, he is Francis’
A columnist for Corriere della Sera has published a new report on a meeting that he had with Benedict XVI in the Vatican gardens.