Pope Benedict XVI waves to the faithful as he arrives in St Peter’s Square for his final general audience on Feb. 27, 2013, in Vatican City, Vatican. The book, titled “The Last Conversations,” is a never-seen-before glimpse into the reflections of a pope, because Benedict became the first pope in 600 years to retire. Excerpts were published Thursday in the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera and the German weekly Die Zeit and daily Bild and recounted in National Catholic Reporter and the Associated Press. Practical governance is not my strong point and this is certainly a weakness. “But I do not see myself as a failure,” he continued, in the NCR translation.

Source: Washington Post September 08, 2016 20:25 UTC