Benedict XVI Book Published Posthumously
By FR. KEVIN M. CUSICK People have been reacting somewhat sensationally to the first ever posthumously published papal pennings by Benedict XVI released on January 20. His reign as Pope was unique, and certainly his retirement nearly so, the first in over 600 years. Now, certainly remarkable for the uniqueness of the gesture, he ordered that a book of essays be published only after his death, all of which were composed after his earth-shaking 2013 retirement.Lay people have been asking me what I think about the matter. A priest friend conversant in Italian ordered the book, not yet available in English, as did I. My copy has not yet arrived so I’ve been leaning for understanding on the few available…Continue Reading