Because of Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger's interest in Saint John Henry Newman before and after he became Pope Benedict XVI, I had followed his commentary with great interest. As Pope Benedict XVI he made an exception to his established pattern and went himself to England to preside at Newman's beatification Mass, and he wrote beautifully about Newman on conscience, the development of doctrine, and papal authority. Mark and I watched the events of that State Visit in September 2010 on EWTN with great interest! In 2015 I posted a series of Fifth Anniversary remembrances of those September days.
His interest in Newman had begun earlier in his life as Newman provided a guide to conscience as responding to the authority and wisdom of Almighty God (and certainly not one's own or worse, Hitler's!).
Yesterday, EWTN broadcast the Mass in Saint Peter's Basilica in his memory.
May he rest in peace.
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