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Pope Francis thanks Benedict XVI on his 70th ordination anniversary

June 29, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Pope Francis greets Benedict XVI at the Vatican’s Mater Ecclesiae Monastery on Nov. 28, 2020. Credit: Vatican Media.

Vatican City, Jun 29, 2021 / 12:00 pm (CNA).
Pope Francis thanked Benedict XVI on Tuesday for his continual prayer for the Churc… […]

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Exhibit commemorating Benedict XVI’s 70 years as a priest opens in Rome

June 28, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Monsignor Georg Ratzinger at the exposition. / Alexey Gotovsky / ACI Prensa

ACI Prensa Staff, Jun 28, 2021 / 17:00 pm (CNA).
Benedict XVI’s personal secretary, Archbishop Georg Ganswein, inaugurated an exhibition in Rome to commemorate the 70th … […]

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The Constantinian heathenism of the Church: Ratzinger and the crisis of our time

February 4, 2021 Larry Chapp 72

“The appearance of the church in the modern era shows that in a completely new way it has become a church of heathens, and increasingly so: no longer, as it once was, a church made […]

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On True Knowledge and Apostolic Intelligence

March 3, 2019 James V. Schall, S.J. 7

“Today, more and more, individuals are of the opinion that religion is a waste of time, that only social action can make a significant contribution to man’s well-being.” — Joseph Ratzinger, 1980.1 “Men need more than […]

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Getting to know Adrienne von Speyr: Mystic, author, and inspiring female role model

December 18, 2017 Carl E. Olson 14

Von Speyr’s “theological understanding,” says Vivian Dudro of Ignatius Press, “did not come from formal theological studies, of which she had none, but from Scripture, […]

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New book explores the meaning and place of icons in the West

November 28, 2017 Dr. Adam A. J. DeVille 7

Authored by the young Benedictine Sister Jeana Visel, Icons in the Western Church: Toward a More Sacramental Encounter deserves the widest possible readership among Western Christians. […]

Analysis

A Critique of Faggioli’s interpretation of early Ratzinger’s view of Scripture, Tradition, and Authority

October 27, 2017 Eduardo Echeverria 21

Massimo Faggioli’s naïve biblicism cannot account for different levels of authoritative Church teachings in Catholicism, with some being foundational, irreformable, and definitive, and others being […]

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George Weigel’s “Lessons in Hope”

September 26, 2017 Bishop Robert Barron 5

Weigel’s anecdotes, in his new book about St. John Paul II, of interviews with some of the most significant figures in the Vatican are fascinating, […]

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A journalist’s “inside look” at the papacy of Benedict XVI

September 19, 2017 Paul Senz 8

Paul Badde’s new book tells the story of a dramatic papacy as it unfolded. […]

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“Going My Way” and the attraction of beauty

July 26, 2017 Nicholas Senz 5

Among the many inspiring addresses at the recent Convocation of Catholic Leaders was a speech by Bishop Robert Barron on the challenges and opportunities in preaching the Gospel in the age of the “nones,” the […]

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