Little One
By even the barest journalistic standard, Pope Benedict XVI deserves to be remembered. His influence on the Church of the twentieth century—and unless we run from ourselves, on the Church of future ages—was immense. And much has been brought to attention: his overarching themes, his greatest statements, his key ideas, his “career” highlights or low points, his views, his frustrated dreams, his prescriptions for the Church, and (as each one sees them) his failings. Wading through these many judgments and recollections, it seems that the only thing about him that we may be permitted to forget is Ratzinger, Benedict, himself.
