Moreover, the biographer explained, this pope is “all in and full on” and would not want a dramatically pared down papacy. This week brought back memories of that dramatic day, on February 11, 2013, ...

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The pope was put on a breathing machine on Friday ... when Benedict XVI, born Joseph Ratzinger, announced he was stepping aside. It all happened in what was assumed to be a routine meeting ...

For example, she said, before he became Pope Benedict, Cardinal Ratzinger was highly outspoken on sexual morality, but as leader of the Catholic Church he focused more on charity and environmentalism.