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Letter from Benedict XVI reveals the ‘central motive’ for his resignation, biographer says

January 29, 2023 Catholic News Agency 4

Pope Benedict XVI revealed in a letter to his biographer that insomnia was the "central reason" why resigned in 2013. / Paul Badde/CNA

CNA Newsroom, Jan 29, 2023 / 07:15 am (CNA).
According to papal biographer Peter Seewald, chronic i… […]

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A Ratzinger reader: 5 books to help you encounter Pope Benedict XVI

January 5, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

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Vatican City, Jan 5, 2023 / 12:00 pm (CNA).
Pope Benedict XVI — especially during his extraordinary career and ministry as a theologian and professor — was not only one of the towering intellects in global Catholici… […]

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The life, faith, and struggle of Joseph Ratzinger: An interview with Peter Seewald

January 1, 2023 Carl E. Olson 38

Note: Marking the death Joseph Ratzinger/Benedict XVI on December 31st, CWR is reposting this interview, first posted on January 13, 2021. The veteran German journalist Peter Seewald first met Joseph Ratzinger nearly thirty years ago. […]

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Gloomy news about the Church makes national headlines, but a story about a turn for the better gets buried in section two or goes unreported.  The April issue of Phaith, the magazine of the Catholic […]

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