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Opinion: Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI was more than 'God's Rottweiler'

3 years 10 months ago
The news that Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI has died will have shocked no one. He was, after all, 95, and had been in declining health for at least a decade: his fragility was, in 2013, cited as the ostensible reason for his resignation, which came as a shock at the time. It had been, after all, 600 years since a pontiff had done such a thing. His successor, Pope Francis, alerted the world to Benedict's turn for the worse Wednesday, and a kind of death watch ensued.

How to deal with sober shaming

3 years 10 months ago
Parties, weddings, back-on-again concerts and overdue catch-ups: The social calendar is back in full swing after nearly three years of pandemic-related lockdowns and restrictions.
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