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Death of Benedict XVI: "The first pope who dared to say that it was better to find another than him"

12/31/2022, 4:27:48 PM


The theologian Jean-François Colosimo analyzes the pontificate of the one who remained almost eight years on the throne of Saint Peter, from 2005 to 2

Was renouncing the office of Pope an admission of weakness, of wisdom or… a bit of both?

Listening to the theologian Jean-François Colosimo talk about the seven years, ten months and nine days of the pontificate of Benedict XVI, who died this Saturday morning, we understand that the decision to put an end to his functions was the fruit of a mature reflection for this "intellectual" not necessarily prepared for the heavy burden of becoming pope.

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