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Month: January 2023

The Dispatch

What it was like to learn from Joseph Ratzinger in the 1970s

January 4, 2023 Fr. D. Vincent Twomey, SVD 3

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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Benedict XVI’s theology summed up by his last words, says theologian

January 4, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

Pope Benedict XVI during his arrival in the Lisbon airport on May 11, 2010 / M.Mazur/www.thepapalvisit.org.uk

Washington D.C., Jan 4, 2023 / 14:00 pm (CNA).
In his teachings, Pope Benedict XVI “always unites charity and truth,” said Chad Peckno… […]

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Catholic bishops in Africa recall ‘great self-sacrifice’ of Pope Benedict XVI

January 4, 2023 Catholic News Agency 2

Pope Benedict XVI / EWTN Media

ACI Africa, Jan 4, 2023 / 13:15 pm (CNA).
Catholic bishops from African nations paid tribute to Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, who died on Dec. 31, eulogizing him as a leader of the Catholic Church who served with “g… […]

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FDA changes policy to allow abortion pills to be sold at pharmacies

January 4, 2023 Catholic News Agency 2

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Washington D.C., Jan 4, 2023 / 11:20 am (CNA).
Yesterday, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officially changed its policy to allow pharmacies, such as CVS and Walgreens, to sell mifepristone, the drug known com… […]

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Father Fessio on ‘Professor Ratzinger,’ the future Benedict XVI

January 4, 2023 Catholic News Agency 3

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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Bolivia: Priest condemns police pursuit of protesters into church where they sought sanctuary

January 4, 2023 Catholic News Agency 2

Church of the Holy Cross in the Archdiocese of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia / Credit: Archdiocese of Santa Cruz

CNA Newsroom, Jan 4, 2023 / 08:30 am (CNA).
The pastor of Holy Cross parish in the Archdiocese of Santa Cruz de la Sierra in Bol… […]

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Anglican Ordinariate converts express gratitude for Benedict XVI’s ‘prophetic’ vision of unity

January 4, 2023 Catholic News Agency 3

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London, England, Jan 4, 2023 / 07:30 am (CNA).
A leading former Anglican bishop who converted to Catholicism has described Benedict XVI’s famous initiative enabling Anglicans to convert to Catholicism as “prophetic.”R… […]

The Dispatch

Trump taken to task by pro-life groups for blaming midterm losses on abortion issue

January 4, 2023 Catholic News Agency 56

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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President Joe Biden will not attend Benedict XVI’s funeral

January 4, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

Screenshot of Joe Biden with then Pope Benedict XVI while he was Vice President. / EWTN News Nightly

Vatican City, Jan 4, 2023 / 06:33 am (CNA).
The White House press secretary has confirmed that President Joe Biden will not be attending the fu… […]

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Extra, Extra! News and views for January 4, 2023

January 4, 2023 CWR Staff 10

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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