The media in Italy never understood or appreciated Benedict XVI

Opinion: The media in Italy never understood or appreciated Benedict XVI

By Alessandra Nucci on Jan 04, 2023 06:49 pm
The official count, as of this writing, is 200,000 people having lined up – for hours – to pay their respects to Pope Benedict XVI, in just the first three days of his body laying [...]
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What it was like to learn from Joseph Ratzinger in the 1970s

By Fr. D. Vincent Twomey, SVD on Jan 04, 2023 04:38 pm
My six years at the new University of Regensburg, sitting at the feet of Joseph Ratzinger in the 1970s, profoundly marked my life and thought. When I went there in 1971, I did so at [...]
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Father Fessio on ‘Professor Ratzinger,’ the future Benedict XVI

By Catholic News Agency on Jan 04, 2023 12:50 pm
Father Joseph Fessio with then Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger during his 1999 visit to Ignatius Press / Dorothy Petersen and Eva Muntean Denver, Colo., Jan 4, 2023 / 10:50 am (CNA). As a young priest, Father Joseph Fessio, SJ, studied theology under... [...]
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Trump taken to task by pro-life groups for blaming midterm losses on abortion issue

By Catholic News Agency on Jan 04, 2023 09:30 am
President D.Trump participates in the first presidential campaign debate with Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, Sept. 29, 2020. / Alex Gakos/Shutterstock Boston, Mass., Jan 3, 2023 / 16:30 pm (CNA). Former president Donald Trump took t... [...]
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Extra, Extra! News and views for January 4, 2023

By CWR Staff on Jan 04, 2023 05:00 am
Revolutionary Changes – “Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI rarely got credit for having turned the Vatican around on clergy sexual abuse, but as cardinal and pope, he pushed through revolutionary changes to church law to make [...]
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The true Joseph Ratzinger

By George Weigel on Jan 04, 2023 03:10 am
The Joseph Ratzinger I knew for 35 years — first as prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, later as Pope Benedict XVI and then Pope Emeritus — was a brilliant, holy [...]
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Walk for Life West Coast 2023 to be held on January 21st

By Jim Graves on Jan 03, 2023 06:00 pm
The Walk for Life West Coast, the nation’s second largest pro-life event, will present its 19th-annual rally and walk through the streets of downtown San Francisco on Saturday, January 21, 2023. The walk is held [...]
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