Faith and Politics, by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI) Cathedral Church_Worcester Guild Hall the angel holds two children

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Authors: Cathy Ross & Jonny Baker

Christ Blessing

It depicts the murder of Thomas a Beckett in Canterbury Cathedral at the hands of King Henry II's knights in 1170

Faith and Politics, by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI) Cathedral Church_Worcester Guild Hall the angel holds two childrenFaith and Politics. Pope Francis, in his foreword, states that one of the major themes in the thought of Joseph Ratzinger is the relationship between faith and politics: "His firsthand experience of Nazi totalitarianism led him even as a young student to reflect on the limits of obedience to the state for the sake of the liberty of obeying God."; In support of this, he quotes from one of Ratzinger's texts presented in this volume: "The state is not