Benedict aide’s tell-all book will expose ‘dark maneuvers’ | AP News

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI’s longtime personal secretary has written a tell-all book that his publisher on Monday promised would tell

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An Insider’s View of Benedict’s Resignation – Crisis Magazine

I worked at the Vatican’s Secretariat of State from 2007-2017. I’ll never forget the surprise on February 11, 2013, when

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Today’s ✠Challoner Meditation: January 3rd On the rule of new life

Meditations for every day of the year by Bishop ✠Richard Challoner

The Passing of a Champion for Orthodoxy

RORATE CÆLI: Progressive liturgist tells us Ratzinger was motivated by sentimentality and guilt

Normally Rorate Caeli would be the last place you’d expect to find a translation of an interview with Andrea Grillo,

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Mick Lynch threatens rail strikes will continue into summer – live updates

Following closely from afar: My journey with Joseph Ratzinger – Catholic World Report

Benedict XVI Was a ‘Cooperator of the Truth’ and a Truly Great Man| National Catholic Register

Benedict modeled a life dedicated to Christ and the Church in loving service. I first met Joseph Ratzinger when I

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Scenes from a day of grief and gratitude: 65,000 pay their respects to Benedict XVI – Catholic World Report

Thousands pay last respects to Pope Benedict – UCA News

Catholics began paying their respects to the former pope at St Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican. A quiet hush covered

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