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A Dignified Transition: Emeritus Status for Apostles

By Dana Haight Cattani I confess that I never warmed to Pope Benedict XVI. I had admired his predecessor, John Paul II, for his charisma, ecumenism, and pivotal role in undermining Communism in his native Poland and elsewhere. Pope Benedict suffered by comparison. He always seemed stern and aloof, more Grand Inquisitor than Father Brown. …

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