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The audience took place as part of the opening ceremony of the judicial year of the Vatican City State Court. Photo: Vatican Media

Documents

A Final Theological Testament: Unpublished Benedict XVI Letter Reflects on Prayer, the Eucharist, and the Uncertain Future of Faith

The text appears in “La fede del futuro” (“The Faith of the Future”), the fourth installment in a collection of lesser-known and unpublished writings by Joseph Ratzinger. The book, published by the Italian house Edizioni Cantagalli, gathers texts that span different moments of the German theologian’s career but also includes material composed during his retirement in the Vatican after his historic resignation from the papacy in 2013.

Cardinals and Bishops•Dicasteries

Another (important) change by Leo XIV in the Roman Curia: this is the Pope’s new almoner (and prefect of the Dicastery for Charity)

The decision, announced March 12, also brings a major change for the outgoing almoner, Cardinal Konrad Krajewski. After more than a decade directing the Pope’s charitable initiatives from Rome, the Polish cardinal has been appointed metropolitan archbishop of Łódź, returning to the diocese where he began his priestly formation