"The god of Mammon, who is 'like a wild animal, trying to clutch me with his talons and enslave me,' and people not open to the Holy Spirit, who 'are like swamps that give off foul-smelling gases,' are just a few of the analogies that appear in the latest collection of papal homilies.
'Rigid doctors of the law 'imagine God as a kind of really strict school teacher who assigned humanity homework that only very few are able to do. For the majority, the notebook of life will be handed back with the grade: 'Poor!''
"If it sounds like the usual fare from Pope Francis, it is strongly similar, but the author in this case was Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, the future Pope Benedict XVI."
In a recent commentary, writer Carol Glatz offered observations related to a number of teaching moments then-Cardinal Ratzinger encountered during the time before he became Pope.
To access her complete article, please visit:
Catholic News Service: Clear and colorful: A common property in unscripted papal preaching (30 DEC 15)
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