Statement of Cardinal Timothy Dolan on the Passing of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI

| 12/31/2022

By: Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan

Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Archbishop of New York, released the following statement today after learning of the passing of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI

Pope Benedict XVI delivers his talk during his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican April 20, 2011.
Pope Benedict XVI delivers his talk during his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican April 20, 2011. Pope Benedict died Dec. 31, 2022, at the age of 95 in his residence at the Vatican. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Archbishop of New York, released the following statement today after learning of the passing of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI.

“The human family grieves the passing of this erudite, wise, and holy man, who spoke the truth with love;

The family of the Church especially mourns his death, while grateful for the gift he was of a good shepherd and Holy Father;

This archdiocese remembers with love his pastoral visit here in 2008;

I personally sense the loss as he was so encouraging, and appointed me Archbishop of New York and nominated me a Cardinal.

Faith and reason, the legacy of Pope Benedict XVI, whom we remember with reverence, love, and gratitude.

I ask every parish in the archdiocese to offer a Mass for the Good Lord’s mercy upon his gracious soul, and in thanksgiving for his vocation as Successor of St. Peter.

May the angels lead him into paradise!”

The Holy See’s permanent representative remembers “a friend of God and therefore a friend of all humanity."

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