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Pope Benedict XVI (1927 - 2022) - a year on.
I have written thousands of words about Pope Benedict XVI, and I will probably write thousands more. Nonetheless, I still feel as though...
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The Idea of Europe in the work of Joseph Ratzinger
It was a pleasure to be in Budapest, at the National University of Public Service, to talk about "The Idea of Europe in the work of...
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Ratzinger and Augustine
In my essay for The European Conservative, I look at the links between Ratzinger and Augustine: "Over a decade after this speech, it is...