Will Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI join in the consecration of Russia and Ukraine? Here’s the answer

CNA Staff   By CNA Staff

 

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI in a 2021 file photo. / Joseph Ratzinger-Benedict XVI Foundation

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 20, 2022 / 10:30 am (CNA).

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI will join with Pope Francis and the bishops of the world in praying for the consecration of Russia and Ukraine on March 25.

It is expected that he will do so privately, however, and not be present at the consecration ceremony at St. Peter’s Basilica.

CNA Deutsch, CNA’s German-language sister news agency, confirmed those details Sunday with the retired pope’s personal secretary, Archbishop Georg Gänswein.

“Of course, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI will join Pope Francis’ call in prayer with regard to the consecration of Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary,” Gänswein wrote in an email to the news agency.

Pope Francis agreed to conduct the consecration of the two countries in response to an urgent request from the Latin rite bishops of Ukraine. The Vatican has since confirmed a March 17 CNA report that the pope has asked all bishops of the world to join him in the consecration.

CNA will continue to update its list of U.S. dioceses that have announced their participation. You can find that story here.


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  1. In other words, Benedict XVI will not be present in act and fact at the Vatican ceremony and will not physically and visibly make the consecration.

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