On a personal level, benedict was by far the most shy, the most humble, the most, sort of, self deprecating, and gentlest of the three. i don t know that i have ever known a public figure where the disjunction between his public reputation. that is, as this draconian, authoritarian, aloof, darth vader esque figure, and the private man, that those of us who knew him personally, and knew him well, i have never known anybody for whom the distinction was quite as sharp as it was with benedict xvi, which is why, in many ways, for me, his legacy will be the legacy of a man who was tragically misunderstood. the world health organization says chinese officials must share more real time information on covid in the country as infections surge. many of the country s strict restrictions have been lifted over the last few weeks,
John allen is editor of crux who cover the vatican and the catholic church. he met pope benedict xv1 and has written two books about him. he told me what he thinks pope benedict s legacy is. i can say for sure that on a personal level, benedict was by far the most shy, the most humble, the most, sort of, self deprecating, and gentlest of the three. i don t know that i have ever known a public figure where the disjunction between his public reputation. that is, this draconian, authoritarian, aloof, darth vader esque figure, and the private man, that those of us who knew him personally, and knew him well, i have never known anybody for whom the distinction was quite as sharp as it was with benedict xvi, which is why, in many ways, for me, his legacy will be the legacy of a man who was tragically misunderstood.
20th century public figure who had the greatest gap between his public reputation and his private personality. in public benedict xvi was seen as an aloof, authoritarian, draconian darth vader in a c cassock. but in private you could never meet a nicer guy. he was the kindest, sweetest, humblest, gentlest figure i have ever met in my entire life. when delia said he was the package of a pope in a bad rap, i can tell you that. the man i knew and a figure of public mythology had very little to do one another. your personal perspective is so valuable because obviously that s the side people don t see or have access to.
Withholding because of his age there. police are still trying to determine a motive for this shooting but we talked to survivors and employees, former employees who say, look. he had displayed and exhibited odd and also at times threatening behavior, that he relished in his supervisory position having power over some of these employees saying he was often condescending, mean, but others say he was simply a loner and aloof, and everybody was shocked by this. people in the community are trying to cope and figure out what the do next. some said he was the manager to watch out for. our thoughts are with those families on this thanksgiving. dianne gal lagher in chesapeake virginia. let s go to colorado inside that club q night club in colorado. we can see the major bruises the gunman received from several heroes who were on the scene on saturday who beat him to stop the gunfire inside the club. this is the mug shot of the
Do donors. the meeting in his home state he went to one event. he wasn t at a reception with donors and they notice and picking up on it. it is a question of whether or not he can get the republican nomination without doing that. that s been his mo throughout his political career but he hasn t really been on the national stage the way he seems to be moving towards now. he s being picked apart like a turkey right now, because he is this rising star and because a lot of republicans who don t want trump think we might have to pick one person to rally around. chris christie says i don t think ron hangs out with anybody. dave jolly calls ron desantis a bit of an odd duck. ryan costello said he had friends, allies but he was not a backslapper. the question is, does that matter? we were talking during the break. barack obama was sort of aloof. i think he served two terms as president. i covered barack obama for