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Benedict Steps Aside: Reaction from Toronto

Friday, February 22, 2013

Warren Schmidt

By Warren Schmidt (S+L) Toronto “The pope resigned.” These words, spoken to me by a Basilian confrere, were the first words I heard on Monday, 11 February, the morning after Pope Benedict XVI announced that he would be stepping down from the Petrine office on 28 February 2013. Besides my initial dumbfounded reaction to this […]

Benedict steps aside: Reaction from New York

Thursday, February 21, 2013

Salt + Light Media

By Leanna Cappiello (S+L) New York When I found out about Pope Benedict XVI’s resignation, I was far away from home, on leave from work at the Holy See Mission. I was sitting in a chair in the early morning sunrise, reading a book. I was not connected to the internet and did not expect […]

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