On the 33rd Anniversary of the Appointment of Cardinal Ratzinger

In all the maelstrom surrounding the Synod, and with the surprisingly timely publication of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI’s newest volume of collected works, it seems only fitting to recall the momentous thing that happened on this day 33 years ago. On November 25, 1981, St. John Paul II, knowing a good thing when he saw it, named Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger Prefect of the Congregation for the

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