Pope Benedict XVI
A wartime papacy
Amid modern culture wars, Pope Francis was nothing if not unpredictable
Prophet of Catholic conservatism
The magisterial Benedict XVI, one of the greatest minds ever to be elected pope, has bequeathed a lasting legacy
Why they hated Benedict
He defended tradition against modernity
The Benedict XVI generation
How his “dynamic fidelity” responded to the needs of a changing world
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