How does one even begin to assess the legacy of Joseph Ratzinger/Pope Benedict XVI? His career spanned over 60 years, and he wore many hats during several tumultuous decades: priest, theologian, theological expert at the ...
Deep in the pre-dawn dark of December 31, the nurse attending Benedict XVI’s bedside heard him utter a soft and clear sentence: “Signore ti amo!” — Lord, I love you. They would be his last ...
Pope Francis delivers the homily at the funeral mass of Pope Benedict XVI on Jan. 5
The person closest to Pope Benedict XVI for the past two and a half years said the most important thing about him was that "the faith he learned, taught and proclaimed was the faith he ...
Following the death of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, many of the comment boxes and social media feeds reacting to the announcement of his death were marked by malicious slander. In the secular press, the late ...
Monsignor Owen Campion looks back at the tremendous legacy of faith Pope Benedict XVI left to the Church and the world: “It is reported that, with his final breath, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI murmured, ‘Lord, ...
Life is not a journey toward independence and autonomy. Life, when lived well, is about growing into our dependence on God until, finally, all else is swept away. As the Church mourns the death of ...
Father Patrick Briscoe, editor of Our Sunday Visitor, shares his reflection on the passing of Pope Benedict XVI: “Pope Benedict’s end of this side of eternity comes as a witness and consolation to us all. ...
Pope Benedict XVI was the first pope to do many things and as the modern church determines exactly what the funeral liturgy of a retired pontiff should look like, we will doubtless witness a few ...
Very few figures within the contemporary church have influenced it as deeply and for as long as Pope Benedict XVI, who died Dec. 31 at 95. The lasting legacy of Joseph Ratzinger -- whom author ...
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In honor of the passing of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, writer David Werning gives a rundown of the major writings of his pontificate, including four apostolic exhortations and three encyclicals …
The key papal writings of Pope Benedict XVI
In honor of the passing of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, writer David Werning gives a rundown of the major writings of his pontificate
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Editor Father Patrick Briscoe @PatrickMaryOP reflects on the rise in vandalism against Catholic churches and why it is just to seek restitution …
Attacks against our churches are bigotry, pure and simple
In his latest column, Father Briscoe reflects on the rise in vandalism against Catholic churches and why it is just to seek restitution.
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