
5 Things to Know About Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI on His 95th Birthday
The last time Benedict's birthday fell on Holy Saturday was 1960.
The last time Benedict's birthday fell on Holy Saturday was 1960.
COMMENTARY: How fitting that the quintessential man of the liturgy should be a child of the Paschal Triduum, the summit of the liturgical year.
COMMENTARY: A conflagration may very well engulf the Church within the next year, and there is no fire extinguisher now that Benedict XVI is in retirement.
EDITORIAL: The harshness of the attacks that were directed at Benedict XVI following the report’s publication is not justified by the actual evidence in the report, and seem strangely timed considering the recent German Synodal Way.
In an exclusive interview airing this evening on EWTN, Benedict XVI’s personal secretary defended the retired pope’s actions, calling him the ‘father of transparency.’
Speaking to an Italian newspaper, the pope emeritus’ personal secretary noted that such people ‘never loved him as an individual, his theology, his pontificate.’
‘The victims of sexual abuse have my deepest sympathy and I feel great sorrow for each individual case.’
Benedict XVI, who strongly denies cover-up allegations, sent 82 pages of observations to investigators compiling the report.
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