Benedict spoke to the late German cardinal the day before he died. Now addressing the mourners at the funeral, he writes that his late friend lived “increasingly from the conviction that the Lord does not leave his Church, even if at times the ship is almost filled to the point of shipwreck.”
The message of Benedict XVI to Cdl. Meisner’s funeral
Benedict spoke to the late German cardinal the day before he died. Now addressing the mourners at the funeral, he writes that his late friend lived “increasingly from the conviction that the Lord does not leave his Church, even if at times the ship is almost filled to the point of shipwreck.”
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