{"id":19022,"date":"2023-01-26T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-26T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/satodayscatholic.org\/?p=19022"},"modified":"2023-01-31T14:17:53","modified_gmt":"2023-01-31T20:17:53","slug":"i-lost-a-dad-pope-francis-speaks-about-losing-benedict-xvi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/satodayscatholic.org\/i-lost-a-dad-pope-francis-speaks-about-losing-benedict-xvi\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I lost a dad\u2019: Pope Francis speaks about losing Benedict XVI"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In a new interview published January 25, Pope Francis said the death of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI meant he had lost a \u201cgood companion\u201d and a father figure.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI lost a dad,\u201d Pope Francis&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/pope-francis-retirement-papacy-dcca464e7c1fd910568d07d6bf4d9994\">told the Associated Press<\/a>, praising his predecessor \u2014 who died on Dec. 31, 2022, at the age of 95 \u2014 as a \u201cgentleman.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pope Francis said he would visit Benedict for counsel at the converted monastery Mater Ecclesiae in the Vatican Gardens, where the retired pope resided.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFor me, he was a security. In the face of a doubt, I would ask for the car and go to the monastery and ask.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 86-year-old pontiff called Benedict\u2019s decision to live in Mater Ecclesiae a \u201cgood intermediate solution\u201d in the wide-ranging&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/pope-francis-retirement-papacy-dcca464e7c1fd910568d07d6bf4d9994\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">interview<\/a>&nbsp;that also included remarks about the Church\u2019s stance on homosexuality, the German Synodal Way \u2014 and his health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pope Francis has repeatedly praised his predecessor. In April of last year, he described Benedict as \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/250979\/benedict-xvi-was-a-prophet-of-church-s-future-pope-francis-tells-malta-s-jesuits\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a prophet\u201d<\/a>&nbsp;of the Church\u2019s future and in November acknowledged&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/252930\/pope-francis-benedict-xvi-was-leader-in-responding-to-sexual-abuse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">his leadership<\/a>&nbsp;in responding to sexual abuse. On&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/253241\/pope-francis-benedict-xvi-brought-us-to-encounter-with-jesus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jan. 4<\/a>, he said Benedict brought Catholics to an \u201cencounter with Jesus.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pope Francis, who has not ruled out retiring, said Benedict\u2019s decision to live in a converted monastery in the Vatican Gardens was a \u201cgood intermediate solution\u201d but that future retired popes might want to do things differently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHe was still \u2018enslaved\u2019 as a pope, no?\u201d Pope Francis said, according to a Catholic News Agency report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOf the vision of a pope, of a system. \u2018Slave\u2019 in the good sense of the word: In that he wasn\u2019t completely free, as he would have liked to have returned to his Germany and continued studying theology.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Benedict \u201copened the door\u201d to future resignations, Pope Francis said. The pope also confirmed what&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/251776\/pope-francis-rules-out-living-in-vatican-or-argentina-if-he-resigns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">he said<\/a>&nbsp;six months ago: If he should retire, he would choose the title of \u201cbishop emeritus of Rome\u201d \u2014 not \u201cpope emeritus\u201d \u2014 and live neither in his native Argentina nor the Vatican but in Rome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Asked if he would reside at Archbasilica of St. John Lateran in a TV interview broadcast on July 12, 2022, Francis said \u201cthat could be,\u201d since he would like to retire \u201cto hear confessions at a church.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a new interview published January 25, Pope Francis said the death of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI meant he had lost a \u201cgood companion\u201d and a father figure.\u00a0 \u201cI lost a dad,\u201d Pope Francis&nbsp;told the Associated Press, praising his 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