"He was an authentic father of the Church and also a devoted father of every man and woman of this age. Even in sorrow, we are immensely grateful to God for having given us a friend and a guide on our path like him." Davide Prosperi's statement
The Pope Emeritus died on the morning of December 31 at 9:34 a.m. We repropose here his inaugural homily and his last General Audience after his resignation in 2013.
The the Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger's homily at the funeral of the founder of Fr. Giussani (Milan Cathedral, Feb. 24, 2005)
"A Memor Domini, a person who lives in remembrance of the Lord, brings me peace [...] Precisely where no one can accompany us, God, our Life, waits for us." We re-publish Benedict XVI's message for the death of Manuela Camagni.