Tag: Benedict XVI

Capitol Report: Battle for House Speaker Not Seen in Over a Century; Harmeet Dhillon on Bid for RNC Chair

January 3, 2023
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Multiple rounds of voting for House speaker took place on Capitol Hill Tuesday, for the first time in a century. Leader Kevin McCarthy lost the first few times, and momentum grows behind an unexpected nominee. Wholesale change could be coming for the Republican Party; it’s not just the GOP speakership being fought for—the position of…

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Pope Benedict XVI and Human Freedom

January 2, 2023
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Commentary The resignation of the Pope in 2013 was a decision that completely shocked the world, partially because for a traditionalist like Benedict XVI, it seemed like a highly untraditional thing to do. But as head of the Holy Office in the last years of the previous pontificate, Cardinal Ratzinger watched with deep pain as…

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