2013-02-27 16:07:53

Questions of faith: What is Benedict XVI really like?


(Vatican Radio) As the world bids farewell to Pope Benedict XVI we ask our very own official from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Monsignor John Kennedy, what the Holy Father is really like.

Taking a brief pause from our series on Lent, Msgr. Kennedy shares insights into the daily life and habits of Benedict XVI, when he was Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. From his daily celebration of Mass in the Teutonic College, to his immense capacity to remember the names and little personal details of everyone he met.

And, as Msgr. Kennedy reveals, his love for the faith, the Church and the people he worked with didn’t stop when he was elected Pope on April, 19th 2005. Imagine the surprise of the priests in the CDF when the very next day he turned up at the office ready for work as usual, dressed head to toe in white: “I’ve never seen a room of officials drop to their knees so quickly to receive a blessing”, he reminisces. Listen: RealAudioMP3








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