In 2008 I returned to Ireland after five years working around the world on international humanitarian programmes – in Afghanistan, North Korea, Sudan and Liberia – ostensibly to take a break by doing a masters degree in Human Rights. Unbeknownst to me until very recently, this decision set me on a path to writing a book on Pope Benedict XVI, "The Pope and the World: the Thoughts of Pope Benedict XVI" and editing a volume of contributions, "The Best of Benedict: An Irish Perspective" in 2020.
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Benedict XVI: how my time as a humanitarian aid worker led me to his writings
in 2008 i returned to ireland after five years working around the world on international humanitarian programmes – in afghanistan, north kor...
Dualta Roughneen
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