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Happy 91st Birthday Your Holiness

 

“I would say that the Spirit does not exactly take control of the affair, but rather like a good educator…leaves us much space, much freedom, without entirely abandoning us…. Probably the only assurance he offers is that the thing cannot be totally ruined. There are too many contrary instances of popes the Holy Spirit would obviously not have picked.”

Cardinal Ratzinger, 1997

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c matt
c matt
Monday, April 16, AD 2018 12:30pm

Happy birthday, but can’t really say I miss him. One advantage Francis has is that he has brought the cancer into view. Benedict seemed to reduce the symptoms enough that it was hard to recognize the extent of the damage.

Philip Nachazel
Philip Nachazel
Monday, April 16, AD 2018 1:50pm

Happy Birthday indeed.
In 1969 Fr. Ratzinger wrote a book Faith and the Future, and his vision of the Church in 2000 A.D. is..well.. uncanny;

https://www.romancatholicman.com/father-joseph-ratzingers-1969-prediction-church-will-look-like-2000/

Do I miss him?
Yes.
He couldn’t fend off the mob that seeks to rip apart Holy Church, so he bailed out. Lightning strikes and here we are. Pope Francis.

Anzlyne
Anzlyne
Tuesday, April 17, AD 2018 2:54pm

Yes I miss him. It was a lot easier to be a catechist under him ≥≤

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