Cardinal Tobin Speaks About the Life and Faith of Pope Benedict XVI
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January 19, 2023"I first learned of the death of Pope Benedict in the early hours of the final day of 2022. Around 5:30 in the morning, a text arrived – not from some Vatican department or Italian journalist, but from a fellow disciple, a writer who belongs to the Serbian Orthodox Church.
And he wrote, 'At the end, Jesus embraces us all equally – whether pope or pauper.' I believe Pope Benedict would be very pleased by the way his death was described: as the fulfillment of a 'hope that does not disappoint.' A hope that illumined his shepherding of the Church. A hope that is renewed in us each day."
Watch Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin's homily on the life and faith of Pope Benedict from the Memorial Mass at the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart on Jan. 12.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pvg9oZzpshU
