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Archbishop Gänswein Celebrates Mass for Benedict XVI One Month After Pope’s Death

Angela Ambrogetti/CNAArchbishop Georg Gänswein celebrates Mass in the Vatican crypt close to the tomb of Pope Benedict XVI on Jan. 31, 2023, to mark one month since the death of the pope emeritus on Dec. 31, 2022.

In his homily, Archbishop Gänswein said Benedict, ‘one of the greatest and most influential theologians of all time on the Chair of Peter, put himself under the protection of a saint for whom there was no theology, only adoration.’