What happened after the Council was totally different: in the place of liturgy as the fruit of development came fabricated liturgy. We left the livin… - Benedict XVI

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What happened after the Council was totally different: in the place of liturgy as the fruit of development came fabricated liturgy. We left the living process of growth and development to enter the realm of fabrication. There was no longer a desire to continue developing and maturing, as the centuries passed and so this was replaced — as if it were a technical production — with a construction, a banal on-the-spot product.

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Pope Benedict XVI (born Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger; 16 April 1927 – 1 January 2023) was a prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the head of the Church and the sovereign of the Vatican City State from 19 April 2005 until his resignation on 28 February 2013. Benedict's election as pope occurred in the 2005 papal conclave that followed the death of Pope John Paul II on 2 April 2005. Benedict chose to be known by the title "pope emeritus" upon his resignation.

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Native Name: Benedictus PP. XVI
Alternative Names: Pope Benedict XVI Josef Ratzinger Benedetto XVI Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI Joseph Alois Ratzinger Pope Benedictus XVI Benedictus XVI Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger Joseph Ratzinger
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