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NRW Prime Minister Hendrik Wüst has commented on the death of Pope Benedict Emeritus. This is how NRW reacts to the death – an overview.
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Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. died on December 31st. His death also caused dismay in NRW – we collect the reactions here in this text:
On the death of Pope Benedict XVI: NRW Prime Minister Hendrik Wüst (CDU)
North Rhine-Westphalia’s Prime Minister Hendrik Wüst (CDU) has the late Pope Benedict XVI. recognized as a “historical personality in church history and one of the most distinguished theologians of the 20th and 21st centuries”. As the head of the Roman Catholic Church and an outstanding theologian, Joseph Ratzinger will “go down in the collective memory of German history,” Wüst said on Saturday. “The ecclesiastical and theological heritage of Joseph Ratzinger is historical.”
Wüst on the death of Benedict: “A historical personality”
Benedict’s work both in science and as the theologian of the Second Vatican Council made him “one of the most important theologians over the centuries,” said Wüst. The fact that even as Pope he always remained a scientist at heart, “also caused him irritation in the practice of the pontificate”.
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On the death of Pope Benedict XVI: Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki
The Cologne Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki has the late Pope Benedict XVI. recognized as a “deep spiritual thinker”. “His theology has shaped and strengthened countless people in their faith – just like the humility and courage with which he filled all his offices,” said Woelki after a statement from the archdiocese. His life was closely linked to the major church events of the time. “In doing so, he shaped the church of today in a prophetic way,” says Woelki.
On the death of Pope Benedict XVI: Essen Bishop Franz-Josef Overbeck
The Bishop of Essen, Franz-Josef Overbeck, described Benedict as a “great theologian” and “a man of great knowledge”. The Bishop of Munster, Felix Genn, shared that Benedict was of the utmost importance for his theological development. “Certainly one or the other side of his work is critically examined.”
On the death of Pope Benedict XVI: Thorsten Latzel, President of the Evangelical Church in the Rhineland
Thorsten Latzel, President of the Evangelical Church in the Rhineland, expressed his sympathy and condolences to the Catholic Church on the death of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. expressed. According to the regional church office, Latzel wrote in a letter of condolence that Benedict was “an impressive personality and an outstanding figure in the history of Christianity in the 20th and 21st centuries”.
In numerous theological, ecclesiastical and social issues, Pope Benedict XVI. and the evangelical church have decidedly different views, according to Latzel. “In any case, he was for us as well as for many people in global ecumenism an experienced, stimulating conversation partner.” (dpa / epd)
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Other statements on the death of Pope Benedict XVI. shortly:
- NRW State Parliament President André Kuper remembered the work of Pope Benedict in North Rhine-Westphalia. “His path also led him to North Rhine-Westphalia, where the professor taught at the Universities of Bonn and Münster.”
- SPD parliamentary group leader Thomas Kuchaty wrote on Twitter that the death of Benedict “completes the eventful life of an outstanding theologian”. His election as pontiff was a historic event “with which many Catholic Christians connected great hope”.
- Felix Genn, Bishop of Munster, explained that the life’s work of the deceased is rightly being “appreciated from different perspectives” these days. Certainly “one side or the other side of his work will be critically examined,” admitted Genn.
- The church people’s movement “We are church sees”: Benedict was a “contradictory theologian” who left a heavy legacy. He had shaped the Roman Catholic Church “in a backward-looking way for decades”.
- Of the Aachen Bishop Helmut This spoke of a deep respect for the lifetime achievement of the Pope Emeritus. “He loved Christ and gave his whole life to him in his church in his work as a priest, as a bishop, and finally as a pope.”
- Paderborn diocesan administrator Monsignor Michael Bredeck declared that the Church was losing with Pope emeritus Benedict XVI. “a person whose diversity of talents and interests was given to our church and beyond that to the world community.” His entire thinking revolved around the church and faith.
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