Tag: faith and religion
In the Vatican the way is clear for reforms – politics
The death of Benedict XVI on New Year’s Day at the age of 95 challenges the Vatican to reinvent its protocol. It is the first time that the Catholic Church…
Joseph Ratzinger’s Theology – Culture
Like many other people who met him, I have fond memories of the conversations I had with my former professor Joseph Ratzinger. He researched and taught between 1968 and 1976…
Joseph Ratzinger’s Theology – Culture
Like many other people who met him, I have fond memories of the conversations I had with my former professor Joseph Ratzinger. He researched and taught between 1968 and 1976…
On the death of Pope Benedict XVI: “He was not a tank cardinal” – Starnberg
“Emeritus” was the adjective that Pope Benedict XVI. attached for nine years. The man who became the second man in history to resign early from the highest office in the…
Lawsuit against Benedict XVI. is no longer negotiated – politics
heaven and herd The Bavarian Pope Benedict XVI. was a star of the strict Catholic dogmatics of the 20th century. It was no coincidence that he had his house and…
Reactions to the death of Benedict XVI. – Politics
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. is dead. The native Bavarian died on Saturday at the age of 95 in the Vatican, as the Holy See announced. Benedict was the head of…
Obituary for Pope Benedict: heaven and herd – Bavaria
Of Heribert Prantl The city of Regensburg has a Roman charm, and you have to know that if you want to understand Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger, who was known as Pope…
Catholic Church: Pope Benedict XVI. is dead – politics
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. is dead. He died on Saturday morning at the age of 95 in his apartment in the Vatican, the Vatican announced. During his weekly general audience…
In the wrong body: a former monk lives today as a transgender woman – Munich
For 56 years Sabine Estner lived in the body of a man, 14 years as a monk. From an early age she feels like a girl. The father tries to…
Vatican: What happens if Benedict XVI. dies? – Politics
The health of the emeritus pope is not good, for the Catholic Church these are worried days with medical bulletins and breaking news about the condition of the 95-year-old. Georg…