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“The German Bishops' Conference mourn the Holy Father and will remember him in prayer”, reads a statement issued by the body of the German bishops soon after the news of his death on December 31, Saturday morning.The statement says the death of Benedict XVI “is a great loss” for the Church in Germany, where the late Pontiff was born, taught theology, worked as a priest and had been a member of the DBK before been called to the Vatican in 1981.
The late Emeritus was a “believing theologian with a deep and fine sense of truth,” reads a message signed by the President of the Austrian bishops’ Conference Archbishop Franz Lackner of Salzburg. His legacy is"love for the Church and for its teachings". Many of the things he wrote and said “will probably still have to be understood”. At the same time, Archbishop Lackner remarks that theBenedict always made an effort to"protect and preserve the faith of simple believers", showing great"simplicity in meetings", and a"sense of humour".
“Now he can experience the friendship of Jesus which he proclaimed in abundance”, the message concludes.
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