It was the morning of 19 April 2005, and I was in North Carolina. I was a senior at Duke Divinity School and was in Duke Chapel with my spiritual formation group. In Rome Joseph Ratzinger had just been elected in the first papal conclave to occur in my lifetime; someone had seen the news, flung wide the doors, and yelled in “Habemus Papam!” Meanwhile, a small shrine to John Paul II had appeared in an empty classroom and many a Methodist and Baptist was to be seen there, kneeling quietly. There’s nothing quite like an ecumenical divinity school.
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Benedict XVI: a teacher for the whole world
it was the morning of 19 april 2005, and i was in north carolina. i was a senior at duke divinity school and was in duke chapel with my spir...
Matthew Olver

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