Benedict XVIthe German Joseph Ratzingerdied this Saturday in the monastery in which he lived inside the Vatican since his resignation from the pontificate of 2013with which he put an end to the papacy that he had begun in April 2005.
“With emotion we remember your such a noble person, so kind. And we feel so much gratitude in our hearts: gratitude to God for having given it to the Church and to the world; gratitude to him all the good you’ve doneand above all for his testimony of faith and prayerespecially in these last years of his retired life,” added Franciscochosen the March 13 2013 in it conclave summoned after the resignation of Ratzinger.
“Only God knows the value and strength of his intercession, of his sacrifices offered for the good of the Church”the Pope added this Saturday.
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Francisco will also lead the funeral what, the jThursday, January 5 at 9:30 in Romewill mark the last goodbye to the pope emeritusaccording to the director of the press office of the Holy Seein a framework in which there will be a ceremony “in the sign of simplicity” requested by Ratzinger.
Bergoglio and his predecessor were closely united during the almost ten years in which Ratzinger lived within the Vatican as emeritus with Francisco What potato.
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Francisco had referred to his relationship with Benedict less than 15 days ago: “I visit him frequently and I come out edified from his transparent gaze. Live in contemplation… He has a good mood, he is lucid, very alive, he speaks softly but he follows the conversation. I admire your intelligence. He is a great. He is a saint. He is a man of high spiritual life“He recalled it in mid-December in statements to the Spanish newspaper ABC.
At the mass this Saturday, the Pope also took the opportunity to denounce that “the damages of consumerist individualism are there for all to see”. “And the more serious damage it is that others, the people who surround us, are perceived as obstacles to our peace of mind, at our convenience,” the Pope later argued, who also regretted that “the individualistic and consumerist society tends to be aggressive, because the others are competitors with whom to compete”.
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In that framework, Francisco held that “the goodness is a antidote against certain pathologies of our societies: against crueltywhich unfortunately can be hinted at as poison in the heart and poison relationships; against anxiety and the distracted frenzy that makes us focus on ourselves and isolate ourselves from others“.
After this afternoon’s celebration, the potato will head this Sunday at 10 in Rome (6 from Argentina) the first mass of the year on the Basilica of Saint Peterafter which he will then recite the traditional Angelus of Roman noon from the Vatican Apostolic Palace.
Source: Ambito
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