LEFT: Pope Benedict XVI holds the Blessed Sacrament in a monstrance at La Prairie in Lourdes, France, on Sept. 14, 2008. RIGHT: Cardinal George Pell holds the Blessed Sacrament in a monstrance at the Angelicum in Rome on May 18, 2021. (photo: Jean-Pierre Müller/Daniel Ibáñez / AFP via Getty Images/CNA)

Father Raymond de Souza on Benedict XVI and Cardinal Pell

Father Raymond de Souza has interviewed both Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI and Cardinal George Pell of Australia. This week on Register Radio, Father de Souza talks with Jeanette DeMelo and Matthew Bunson on the legacy of Benedict and his long friendship with Cardinal Pell.

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