elected me, a simple, humble worker in god s vineyards. for decades cardinal row joseph ratsinger, he battled relativism, what s true for one person might not be true for someone else. happy birthday to you pope benedict s 2008 visit to the united states would be remembered not only for his birthday celebration in the white house, a stop at ground zero and mass at yankee stadium, but also in the way in which he addressed the sex abuse crisis so directly. from the sacred ministry, this is absolutely who is guilty cannot be priest. the sex abuse would haunt his papacy as the scandal unfolded in europe and charged that benedict s record on abuse was mixed and there were other problems as well. benedict offended muslims with a speech suggesting islam could be a violent religion and sparked a global uproar when he lifted the excommunication for four bishops and one of them turned out to be a holocaust denier. a priest having discovered both vocations while growing up
elected me, a simple, humble worker in god s vineyards. for decades cardinal row joseph ratsinger, he battled relativism, what s true for one person might not be true for someone else. happy birthday to you pope benedict s 2008 visit to the united states would be remembered not only for his birthday celebration in the white house, a stop at ground zero and mass at yankee stadium, but also in the way in which he addressed the sex abuse crisis so directly. from the sacred ministry, this is absolutely who is guilty cannot be priest. the sex abuse would haunt his papacy as the scandal
people to come to consensus and throws things out there, some people understand this, and some people understand something else, pope benedict xvi was clear and desize and i remember being with a bunch of college students sitting in a room with him and he was cardinal ratsinger at the time, he said ask me what you would like, it wasn t off the record. he wasn t that cautious because he was that prepared and reasons for at that bless. father, jonathan sets up this perfectly, there s a split between the catholic church the sort of liberal side, represented, i guess in some parts by the current pope francis and against the so-called conservative, more traditionalists which ratsinger and benedict represented. how is that going to work its