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February 01, 2023
A final farewell to Cardinal Pell, from friend and foe alike
January 31, 2023
William Cash remembers Pope Benedict XVI's speech at Fisher House, the Catholic chaplaincy at the University of Cambridge
January 30, 2023
The Catholic Herald pays homage to and remembers fondly the late Joseph Ratzinger, Pope Benedict XVI
January 11, 2023
This article originally appeared in the December 2021 issue of the Catholic Herald.  Within a few minutes of meeting Cardinal Pell at the Travellers Club in Pall Mall, he makes a revealing comment about the proposed title of his upcoming Thomas More lecture in Oxford – the reason he was in England for a week in
January 09, 2023
I have heard it said that every funeral, whatever the scale and whatever the setting, ought to be in some sense a confrontation with death. Modern secular funerals increasingly dodge that confrontation, with growing trends for bright colours, upbeat songs and relaxed dress codes. Jokes and light-hearted eulogies are the order of the day. The
January 09, 2023
In the first Merely Catholic podcast for 2023, Dr Gavin Ashenden is joined by Monsignor Andrew Burnham to discuss one particular aspect of the legacy of Pope Benedict XVI, who died on New Year’s Eve at the age of 95. In this 31st episode, the former Anglican Bishop of Ebbsfleet pays tribute to the late
January 04, 2023
Photo: Vatican Media The crowds are quieter this time. By comparison with the enormous throng of people – most of them Poles – who came to see Pope John Paul II lying in St Peter’s Basilica, the thousands queuing to pay their respects to Pope Benedict are fewer but even more diverse. I met a
January 04, 2023
Viktor Orbán was among world leaders to visit St Peter’s Basilica in Rome on Tuesday, where he paid his respects to Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI Photo: all rights reserved VATICAN CITY (January 3, 2023) Heads of state, cardinals, bishops, priests, religious and lay faithful continued on Tuesday and Wednesday to bid farewell to Pope Emeritus
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