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January 3, 2022
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Letters from Rome: Joseph Ratzinger, Doctor of the Church?
George Weigel
First Things

In the days since his death on December 31, several commentators have expressed the hope that Joseph Ratzinger, later Pope Benedict XVI and then Pope Emeritus, will eventually be named as a Doctor of the Church. In light of those hopes, I thought it would be interesting to revisit a conversation I had with then-Cardinal Ratzinger, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, when I was preparing Witness to Hope, the first volume of my two-volume biography of Pope St. John Paul II.

It was September 20, 1997, and we spoke, as we usually did, in the cardinal’s office in the Palazzo Sant’Ufficio. As always, the cardinal was dressed simply in a black house cassock with no pectoral cross. After discussing several other matters, I asked him about John Paul II’s recent decision to name St. Thérèse of Lisieux, the Little Flower, a Doctor of the Church, after petition to do so had been received from (if memory serves) well over two thousand bishops, in a campaign led by a retired auxiliary bishop of New York, Patrick Ahern. The decision had caused some controversy, as that rare title was typically given to distinguished theologians.
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Thursday: What is the Legacy of Pope Benedict XVI?
On Thursday, as Pope Francis will celebrates the funeral Mass for his predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI, EPPC will co-host a panel on the legacy of a theologian who some say will one day be considered a Doctor of the Church. As Pope for eight years, Benedict’s teaching envisions a Church moving forward into a broader culture awash with relativism. Senior Fellow Francis X. Maier will join Kathryn Jean Lopez in conversation with Mary Ann Glendon and Fr. Joseph Fessio, SJ.
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In case you missed it: Francis X. Maier ([link removed]) and Carl R. Trueman ([link removed]) paid tribute to the departed Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI in The Wall Street Journal ([link removed]) and WORLD Opinions ([link removed]) , respectively.
In The Federalist, Nathanael Blake champions the wisdom ([link removed]) of the Christian sexual ethic in protecting the weak from the selfishness of the strong.
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Carl R. Trueman, writing for WORLD Opinions, relates the sources of his abundant hope ([link removed]) for the New Year: Psalm 128 and the blessing of grandchildren.
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Francis X. Maier bids 2022 adieu in The Catholic Thing with his December reflection ([link removed]) on religious freedom and persecution of Christians worldwide.
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Mike Pence, "an uncommonly decent and principled public servant," faces a difficult confrontation ([link removed]) with Donald Trump in the primary election, writes Henry Olsen in The Washington Post.
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Writing for her Side Effects Substack, Devorah Goldman details the looming corporate takeover ([link removed] ) of medicine and the death of private practice.
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Aaron Kheriaty on the Rise of the Biomedical Security State
Last week, First Things Magazine released a wide-ranging video interview with Dr. Aaron Kheriaty ([link removed]) , director of EPPC’s program in Bioethics and American Democracy ([link removed]) and author of the recent book, The New Abnormal: The Rise of the Biomedical Security State ([link removed]) (November, Regnery). Aaron sits down with Senior Fellow Roger Severino ([link removed]) to discuss the inroads made against democratic self-governance and conscience rights thanks to the unprecedented and long-lasting policy changes occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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