The hidden meanings of Pope Benedict XVI’s ruby-red shoes
1/2/23
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from The Washington Post,
1/1/23:
His traditional wardrobe choices were in line with his vision of church leadership.
When he was selected to become pope, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger was 78 and had led a full life already. He had been in the upper echelons of Vatican leadership for decades, known as a defender of the church’s most orthodox teachings. Before that, he had been a prominent academic theologian in his native Germany. And before that, like others of his generation, he grew up in the shadow of Nazi Germany.
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