50 GREAT CATHOLICS / Vincent Twomey on Pope Benedict XVI

175 YEARS – 50 GREAT CATHOLICS / Vincent Twomey on Pope Benedict XVI

Benedict XVI’s To mark our anniversary, we have invited 50 Catholics to choose and in the fullness of Christian resignation came a person from the past 175 years whose life has been a personal tradition, East and West. PHOTO: CNS PHOTO: as a relief to this inspiration to them and an example of their faith at its best History will remember him writer: I would not only for his resignation but no longer have to and profound words. His and wonderful, because it is truly for his lifelong attempt to “reform try to defend him teaching could be summed up a service to joy, to God’s joy the reform” of the post-conciliar in the public in a quote from the homily at his which longs to break into the liturgy and for his profound the- square. It pained me to see the Inaugural Mass: “The purpose world.” ological writings, above all his distorted caricature that the of our lives is to reveal God to His message was gradually Introduction to Christianity and media presented of a truly humble men. And only where God is drowned out by the outrage his trilogy, Jesus of Nazareth. and great man of God – and a seen does life truly begin. Only caused by a series of public rela- Ratzinger’s legacy is yet to be thinker of refreshing originality when we meet the living God in tions disasters, reaching its climax discovered. – whom I had the privilege of Christ do we know what life is. prior to his 2010 state visit to the knowing as a teacher and a friend. We are not some casual and UK. But the hostility largely dis- Fr Vincent Twomey is professor Despite his reputation as meaningless product of evolution. solved when people encountered emeritus of moral theology at “God’s Rottweiler” gained while Each of us is willed, each of us is him in person and listened to Maynooth University and a prefect of the Congregation for loved, each of us is necessary.” what he had to say. His speeches member of the circle of Joseph the Doctrine of the Faith, Pope He added that being the fisher revealed Joseph Ratzinger to be Ratzinger’s former doctoral Benedict XVI initially surprised of men can often seem weari- one of the greatest living theolo- students which meets once a the world with his gentle smile some. “But [his task] is beautiful gians, at home both in modernity year for a weekend seminar.

PUZZLES

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20 Everything of this description is to be found around here (5) 20 21 22 21 Prejudice so great that one makes no effort (7) 23 Is it in a watery grave? (4,3) 24 The pilot agrees (5) 23 24

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