Father Reese said of Cardinal Ratzinger’s 2005 election, “By electing the smartest man in the room, the cardinals had chosen someone who was not interested in listening to people who had other views.”
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, first Roman Catholic leader to resign in 600 years, dies
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Thomas Reese, a Jesuit priest and senior analyst at Religion News Service, said it's important to him as a Catholic for religion to influence politics — as long as the government doesn't impose Christianity on others.
Liberals rush to tag MAGA candidates as anti-democracy 'Christian nationalists'
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