During a Mass held on Saturday evening in suffrage of Pope Benedict XVI, Cardinal Mario Grech in his homily about Ratzinger, described him as a “misunderstood man.”

The Diocese of Gozo held a Mass in suffrage of the soul of the Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, which was conducted in the Cathedral of Gozo by Cardinal Mario Grech, and in which the Bishop of Gozo Anton Teuma, the Apostolic Vicar of Tripoli George Bugeja ofm, and the new Apostolic Nuncio in Malta Savio Hon Tai-Fai sdb concelebrated, together with many other priests.

In his homily, Cardinal Grech compared Joseph Ratzinger to the misunderstood “clown” because of his “tireless search for the truth, Jesus Christ.”Cardinal Grech went on to say that incomprehension “was something constant in Joseph Ratzinger’s life, in theology and in his Papacy.”

At the end of the Mass, the new Apostolic Nuncio spoke some words for the occasion where he conveyed the greetings of Pope Francis to the Maltese and Gozitan people and the beautiful memories of his visit to Malta and Gozo last year, he also spoke about his personal connection with Pope Benedict, who in 2010 appointed him Archbishop and Secretary for the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.

Photos: Diocese of Gozo/Jeremy Scicluna

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