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Thank you Mr. Warren...your words are a fitting tribute to Pope Benedict. It was Benedict who opened to me what The Church teaches about the meaning of the word "person," from the Greek (per son a), in...
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Last evening my wife and I dined with a couple I have known since high school. As we had not visited in some years,it was time to catch up on the news. Dinner began with the couple leading us in Grace,...
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I too find something about "Pope Emeritus" does not quite fit the person. Thank you, David, for "Father Ratzinger of the Vatican." I would suspect that in a very short time, maybe a hundred years or...
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Manfred - having read Ratzinger/Benedict for 15+ years (along with having read Davies, Ottiavani, Gamber, and a host of others) I have never seen Benedict endorse or approve any such thing as you...
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@Chris in Maryland. Thank you for your constructive comments given in Christian charity. Let me be clear. I am a businessman and, quite frankly, I prefer working with c+, B- students who mature to...
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@Manfred, re "what do you think the great scholar, Fr. Joseph Ratzinger, would have said in his "Little-Girl Voice"?" The "voice" is not choice of words. It is the "persona" of innocence, of holiness...
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To Manfred, Chris and Pam: The great Roman Orator Cicero tells in his treatise "On Friendship" that if a person is able to go up to the celestial world, witness all the grandeur and beauty over there,...
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Manfred, why did you remain silent? The pope was not at dinner, you were! How about something like, "I'm sorry to hear that your children are not practicing their faith, i will keep them in my...
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Prasad - what you trying to say? You have stated a premise...what is your conclusion? - Chris in Maryland
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Manfred's story is sad, but probably quite common. One cannot blame popes for his friends' children's situations. The popes are too far from the lives of most Catholics. One might ascribe some blame to...
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Chris - - I was trying to answer the first inane comment above by Manfred concerning Holy Father B16. I tried to establish the most perfect relationship that exists between Christ and His Church,taking...
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Lovely. This website is the best kept secret on the internet. In a sane society there would be at least five hundred comments on this article. - Jacob
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