Archbishop Georg Gänswein Reveals that Pope Francis’ Liturgical Reform “Hit Hard” Benedict XVI’s Heart

Jan 04, 2023 18:56

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Monsignor Georg Gänswein, who was Benedict XVI’s private secretary. Photo: Franco Origlia; Getty Image via Sexta

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Benedict XVI: My Spiritual Testament. Full Text in English

Full text of Benedict XVI’s Spiritual Testament in English: “I have seen and see how the tangle of hypotheses has arisen and the reasonableness of faith emerges again. Jesus Christ is truly the Way, the Truth and the Life, and the Church, with all her insufficiencies, is truly His Body,” wrote the Pope Emeritus.

Dec 31, 2022 21:29

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Here Are Some Additional Official Details on Benedict XVI’s Lying in State and Funeral

Made known is the place where he will be buried, times for the veneration of his body, the delegations that will attend, and if tickets are needed to attend the funeral

Dec 31, 2022 21:02

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Benedict XVI Dies. Pope Francis Will Preside over the Funeral in Saint Peter’s Square

“In keeping with the Pope Emeritus’ wish, the funeral will be carried out in the name of simplicity,” said the spokesman of the Holy See, in a press conference at midday on December 31.

Dec 31, 2022 14:34

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Vatican City

Update on Benedict XVI‘s State of Health

For the third day, the Vatican gives information on the Pope Emeritus’ health condition.

Dec 30, 2022 20:20

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What Would Happen or What Protocol Would Be Activated on the Death of Benedict XVI?

What would happen to the property of the Pope Emeritus? What protocol would be followed after Pope Benedict XVI died? What would happen to the house where he lived his last years and what would happen to the persons who accompanied him?

Dec 30, 2022 20:15

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Vogue praises the Pope’s “elegance” and places him on its annual list of best-dressed people

Vogue singled out the pope’s first public appearance after his election as the defining image of his papacy’s visual identity. Standing on the central loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica, Leo XIV wore a red satin mozzetta and a wine-colored stole embroidered in gold, completed by a pectoral cross suspended from a golden silk cord

This is how the Pope explains how we are called to unite our waiting for the Savior with attention to what God is doing in the world

Address on the occasion of the Angelus prayer on Sunday, December 14, 2025

Archbishop Georg Gänswein Reveals that Pope Francis’ Liturgical Reform “Hit Hard” Benedict XVI’s Heart

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Benedict XVI: My Spiritual Testament. Full Text in English

Here Are Some Additional Official Details on Benedict XVI’s Lying in State and Funeral

Benedict XVI Dies. Pope Francis Will Preside over the Funeral in Saint Peter’s Square

Update on Benedict XVI‘s State of Health

What Would Happen or What Protocol Would Be Activated on the Death of Benedict XVI?