Exactly one year ago, on December 31, 2022, Benedict XVI left this earthly world to go to the Father’s House. The Church lost one of its great pontiffs and an excellent theologian, Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger.
On January 2 of this year that we end today, the funeral chapel of the one who had been the 265th successor of Peter was opened in St. Peter’s Basilica. That same day, at COPE we premiered a podcast about the figure of Benedict XVI.
A long investigation, more than thirty exclusive interviews with people who knew the man, the theologian and the Pope well, led to six episodes, six chapters that we titled: ‘Benedict XVI, the Pope of the storm’, and podcast -which you can find here, on cope.es, on YouTube or Spotify- which was awarded theAward Bravo Digital Communication 2023.
‘Benedict XVI, the Pope of the storm’
Throughout these sound stories, these six episodes you will find answers to questions such as Why does Benedict XVI really resign?How did he become Pope? What were the storms he had to face throughout his life, both in his youth and during his papacy?
Episode 1: The Newspaper Advertisement
As a summary: Giovanna Chirri did not know that on February 11, 2013, her life would change forever. She became the woman who gave the scoop on the Pope’s resignation.
Unthinkable news: How is the personality of a man capable of changing history forged?
The resignation was unprecedented in the last six centuries and can only be understood by delving into the personality that Benedict XVI forges since his childhood and with the influence of the war.
Episode 2: The Cardinal Panzer
As a summary: How did a young theology professor become Pope John Paul II’s right-hand man? How does he become one of the most influential men in the world?
We find the starting point in his desire to be a professor of Theology and in the role he played during the Second Vatican Council. Without being aware of it, Ratzinger has already entered the spiral to become Benedict XVI and to suffer persecution by the media.
Was it really the Panzer Cardinal?
Episode 3: The sweater sleeves
In summary: Ratzinger had two dreams: to be a priest and a theology professor. He never thought he would become Pope. On April 19, 2005, Joseph Ratzinger is elected in one of the fastest conclaves in history.
What elements came into play? Why did they choose him? What was the first thing he whispered when he was elected?
Episode 4: Silence in the mud
As a summary: Benedict XVI had to face great storms throughout his pontificate, since the betrayal of one of his trusted men to the fight against sexual abuse within the Church.
He faced them all with patience and made brave decisions. But there was a storm that went down in history and it happened in Madrid in 2011.
Episode 5: The Last Journey
As a summary: February 28, 2013. Pope Benedict XVI leaves the Vatican by helicopter and leaves another image to remember. He is the first pontiff to resign in almost six centuries.
How did you live your last days? What was her relationship with Pope Francis like?
Episode 6: The Legacy of a Sage
As a summary: Benedict XVI is history. For some because of his resignation in 2013. For others because he always showed fidelity to his conscience.
International personalities and his closest circle of friends exclusively praise his doctrinal legacy, those guidelines, teachings and even expressions that have permeated the life of the Church and that will remain despite their absence.
I just wanted to be a village priest
One night in 1944, in the middle of World War II, an officer of the SS – the paramilitary organization at the service of Adolf Hitler and the German National Socialist Party – asked a 16-year-old teenager, called Joseph: “What do you want to be?” He answered him, “village priest.”
On June 29, 1951 he was ordained a priest. On March 25, 1977, Pope Paul VI He appointed him archbishop of Munich and Freising. On the following May 28 he received episcopal consecration.
Paul VI created him cardinal. He participated in the Conclaves in which he elected John Paul I and John Paul II.
was elected Papa on April 19, 2005. The February 11, 2013, he announced his resignationleaving the see of Pedro on the 28th of that same month.
His teaching remains more alive than ever. This Christmas they have come to light homilies recorded by the nuns who cared for the Pope in the last years of his life, in those last ten years in the Mater Eclesiae monastery.
“A substantial spiritual food, in line with the homiletic genre cultivated with care and deep priestly spirit by Joseph Ratzinger throughout his life.”
2023-12-31 08:00:28
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