From 1978: Ratzinger on Paul VI, “who fought strenuously against the idea of retiring”

Oct 20, 2014 at 9:54 pm

A priest reader brought this to my attention: a homily delivered by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger in Germany a few days after the death of Pope Paul VI—now Blessed Paul VI. The homily is both eloquent and poignant, with one passage that seems almost prophetic:  Paul VI increasingly accepted his papal service as a metamorphosis of [Read More...]

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