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What I'd like to do today on this podcast is to reflect upon the beautiful life and career of Pope Benedict the 16th, also known as Cardinal Ratzinger

or Professor Ratzinger or Father Joseph. When he died on New Year's Eve, I was asked by a number of people to provide

some commentary and reflections on those parts of his writings and his life that I thought was especially meaningful.

Well, obviously I'm going to approach this from my own perspective,

but I'd like to share with you some of my own reflections upon his life and his work because I'm convinced that his work is going to be

rediscovered in generations to come. And even if he's never declared to be a doctor of the church,

his contributions, I think, are going to prove to be more and more fruitful

as time goes on.

Sometimes we're almost too close to something or some person to recognize just how momentous and

significant he is and his contribution as well. So I just want to focus my

reflections on how the study of scripture was really the hallmark of not only

his academic work but also his pastoral ministry and his spiritual life. So let me

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