The Benedict XVI Generation?

The Benedict XVI generation are those charged with bearing witness to tradition as a vehicle of the abiding mystery of that eternal present for which Benedict XVI himself had always yearned https://t.co/NzrbOmbNbF

— Jacob Phillips (@Counteredlogos) January 3, 2023

Pope Francis Visits Pope Benedict XVI

📹VIDEO | Pope Francis and new cardinals visited Benedict XVI at the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery in the Vatican today after a cardinal-creating consistory in St Peter’s Basilica. Images: Vatican Media pic.twitter.com/jefsYlmlmK

— EWTN Vatican (@EWTNVatican) November 28, 2020

As is customary, after this afternoon's Ordinary Public Consistory, Pope Francis took the 11 new Cardinals present in Rome, to visit Benedict. Here is Pope Francis kissing the hands of the Pope emeritus, before Benedict imparted his blessing on them all

(Photos: Vatican Media) pic.twitter.com/bklFl0PVyS

— Catholic Sat (@CatholicSat) November 28, 2020

Is This Agape?

Our love for others, for who they are, moves us to seek the best for their lives. Only by cultivating this way of relating to one another will we make possible a social friendship that excludes no one and a fraternity that is open to all. #FratelliTutti

— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) October 9, 2020

Let's check the Latin.

Amor in alium sicut ipse est nos impellit, ut optimum requiramus pro eius vita. Hanc huius generis tantum colentes necessitudinem, socialem amicitiam efficimus, quae neminem depellit et fraternitas omnibus patet. #FratresOmnes

— Papa Franciscus (@Pontifex_ln) October 9, 2020

Not helpful. The lack of precision surrounding "love" in Western European languages is a fact, regardless of whether I like it or not. But to avoid precision in the Latin? Why wouldn't his ghostwrter use caritas instead? Then again, amor is used all over Caritas in veritate and Deus Caritas Est. Would we find the same sort of verbal imprecision in a Greek Father or bishop? Do we need a new word or a neologism to replace "love" that is identified with agape or caritas?

Parolin Claiming Legitimacy for the Sino-Vatican Deal through Benedict XVI

« Pope Benedict himself, the cardinal said, approved “the draft agreement on the appointment of bishops in China,” which was signed in 2018 by the Holy See and Chinese officials and is due for renewal at the end of October » https://t.co/taBhr8Hahp

— Gladden Pappin (@gjpappin) October 7, 2020

Latin Churches in England Failing to Recruit Natives?

Ten years ago today, Paschal Uche greeted Benedict XVI on behalf of young people in Britain. At his priestly ordination, he received a touching message from the Pope Emeritus. https://t.co/KtD2rA3DFt

— Luke Coppen (@LukeCoppen) September 18, 2020

Kyrie Eleison

Archbishop Gänswein: Pope Emeritus Benedict's Ailment Is 'Not Serious' https://t.co/QP7QZF0OfM @NCRegister

— Edward Pentin (@EdwardPentin) August 3, 2020

J.S. Bach

“Bach’s glorious music itself moves us deeply and glorifies God, even where he is not formally present through faith.”https://t.co/3ildDaSgdW

— Luke Coppen (@LukeCoppen) July 28, 2020

God Grant Them Many Years

“It is perhaps the last time that the two brothers, Georg and Joseph Ratzinger, will see each other in this world...” Prayers for these #BenedictXVI and his brother Msgr. Georg Ratzinger! #SacredHeart #SacredHeartofJesushttps://t.co/Mttu68I2zH

— National Catholic Register (@NCRegister) June 19, 2020

Rod Dreher Responds to Austin Ruse

‘Apocalypse Any Day Now!’

What I don’t do, either in the book or my writing, is allow people to think that political activism is the solution to our crisis. Hear me: I believe that political activism is important, and should continue. My objection is to the belief widespread among conservative Christians, my own tribe, that our problem is essentially a matter of not having gotten the politics right. Austin Ruse is a political activist by profession. He runs a United Nations lobbying organization called C-Fam. Good for him! I mean that seriously. He should keep going. What he does is not the problem, except insofar as ordinary Christians believe that kind of activism Ruse does is not only necessary (which it is), but sufficient (which it absolutely is not).

Ad Multos Annos!

CNA/CWR: Benedict XVI celebrates his 93rd birthday during coronavirus lockdown

Vatican Drama?

Sandro Magister: Pope Benedict Embroiled in the War Between Re and Zen. But China Is Winning

Square Notes Interview with Cardinal Sarah, Part 2

Square Notes Podcast


(Part 1 here)

Beth Gibbons / Penderecki / Górecki - Symphony No. 3 Final Movement

Used for the trailer for A Hidden Life; Franz Jägerstätter's beatification by Benedict XVI would seem to confirm that there is a place for passive resistance to tyranny at least -- swearing allegiance or loyalty or a tyrant is not necessarily an absolute obligation. But whether one can do anything beyond this? No beatification yet of anyone committing or attempting tyrannicide.

Eh.

A pretty movie for the pretty people on Netflix.

Can we start talking about a "Vatican Deep State"?

But the bureaucracy that is the Roman Curia isn't that entrenched, is it? And the problem is not the bureaucrats, but the cardinals who are chosen by the pope?

1P5: Six Years Later: Reflecting on the Papal Abdication That Changed the Church Forever by Steve Skojec

A Better Response Still Needs to Be Written

L’Opzione Benedetto At The Teatro Eliseo
Talking Ben Op onstage in Rome with some journalistic heavy hitters

Benedict XVI & The Benedict Option
In Rome, a stunning endorsement of The Benedict Option by the Pope Emeritus’s longtime secretary

Hm.

Rod Dreher: Joseph Ratzinger’s Benedict Option
Reconsidering the power of Benedict XVI’s retreat into contemplative seclusion

Uh Oh.

Ex-nuncio says Pope Francis knew of McCarrick’s abuse reports, failed to act

The statement.

Cardinal Zen on Pope Benedict XVI's Liturgical Theology

Haig Utidjian