Reflections on life, meaning and purpose

Why Benedict XVI said Holy Saturday, “a day of darkness, could almost be an image of the history of our times”…

Today, April 16, 2022, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI celebrates his 95th birthday. The Pope Emeritus remains in good health and was visited earlier this week at his home, a monastery in the Vatican Gardens, by Pope Francis. It’s remarkable that the Pope Emeritus should observe his birthday during the Paschal Triduum, the holiest of days…