{"id":3572,"date":"2019-02-11T14:48:25","date_gmt":"2019-02-11T14:48:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/doxaweb.wordpress.com\/?p=3572"},"modified":"2019-02-11T14:48:25","modified_gmt":"2019-02-11T14:48:25","slug":"six-years-since-the-resignation-of-pope-benedict-xvi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doxaweb.com\/blog\/2019\/02\/11\/six-years-since-the-resignation-of-pope-benedict-xvi\/","title":{"rendered":"six years since the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Today, February 11, 2019, marks six years since Pope Benedict XVI announced his resignation. I remember it like it was yesterday.<\/a>
\nLast year, the pope-emeritus published a short note to a newspaper in response to an inquiry about how he was faring, a response that radiated with his characteristic warmth and wisdom:<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a great grace, in this last, at times tiring, stage of my journey, to be surrounded by a love and goodness that I could have never imagined.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Here is a link over to the Spiritual Friendship blog, where Ron Belgau has written about the pope emeritus’ writings on friendship with Christ<\/a>.
\nMay God bless the remaining days of the life of this remarkable disciple.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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