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Gänswein Remembers Benedict

Archbishop Georg Gänswein, 66, discussed on EWTN.com (November 22) Benedict’s last years. The interview was published on December 31. Highlights • Benedict XVI. was convinced that, after his resignation …More
Archbishop Georg Gänswein, 66, discussed on EWTN.com (November 22) Benedict’s last years. The interview was published on December 31. Highlights
• Benedict XVI. was convinced that, after his resignation, he would only live one more year.
• As a pope he was longer in retirement than in office.
• He never lost his composure or temper. The more he was challenged, the quieter and poorer in words he became.
• He was not used to large crowds and didn’t let some media coach tell him what to do. He just took on the task.
• His Jesus Trilogy was originally supposed to be only one volume. He started it when he was a cardinal. When he was elected pope, he said, “It's now time for me to finish; who knows how long my strength will last?”
• "We always had fixed prayer times. There were exceptions, of course; for example, when we were traveling. But prayer times were sacrosanct." Benedict said: “The most important thing is that God always comes first.”
• His favorite saint was St. Joseph, joined by …More
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...and the Modernist spin not only continues, it will do so for as long as there are a sufficient number of foolish Catholics around that will believe it.