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A spiritual desert is spreading: an interior emptiness, an unnamed fear, a quiet sense of despair.

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Pope Benedict XVI
Age: 97
Born: 1927
Born: April 16
Philosopher
Pianist
Religious Writer
Roman Catholic Priest
Theologian
Transitional Deacon
University Teacher
Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger
Pope Benedict XVI
Josef Ratzinger
Benedetto XVI
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI
Joseph Alois Ratzinger
Interiors
Emptiness
Desert
Despair
Quiet
Spiritual
Unnamed
Fear
Spreading
Sense
Interior

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