Philippe Maxence is a journalist and writer, editor-in-chief of "L'Homme Nouveau".
It will certainly take more time to measure exactly the scope of the work of Benedict XVI.
His renunciation in 2013 could have led to believe that he was definitely taking the path of silence, even that of oblivion.
Certainly, he himself had wanted it so.
But, on this point too, he had had to learn to no longer belong to himself.
Even silent, even withdrawn, even reclusive, Benedict XVI remained a reference.
Shortly after responding to John Paul II's call in 1981 to head the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Joseph Ratzinger saw himself decked out with the nickname of “Panzer-Kardinal”.
Speaking, the expression was shocking.
But she was wrong.
Anyone who has met him can attest to that.
The man was physically small.
Only a pleasant smile and eyes sparkling with intelligence hid a kind of shyness.
In him, nothing of a breaking assault tank…
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