{"id":736,"date":"2023-03-09T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-09T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.benediktpreis.de\/2023\/03\/09\/thanks-to-pope-emeritus-benedict-xvi\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T13:30:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T12:30:07","slug":"thanks-to-pope-emeritus-benedict-xvi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.benediktpreis.de\/en\/2023\/03\/09\/thanks-to-pope-emeritus-benedict-xvi\/","title":{"rendered":"Thanks to Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"736\" class=\"elementor elementor-736 elementor-442\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e6de6ab e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4e6de6ab\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-158178e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"158178e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-content\"><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\"><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>With sorrow, we at the association \u201cBenediktpreis von M\u00f6nchengladbach\u201d e.V. remember the German Pope who passed away yesterday.<\/p><p>During the founding phase of our association in 2012, thanks to special personal connections to the Holy Father, we had the opportunity to ask him about our plans in M\u00f6nchengladbach, to inform him about our association and its objectives, and to request his opinion. With great joy, Pope Benedict XVI expressed a very positive view of our plans and encouraged us to implement our project of establishing an award, as set out in our statutes and objectives.<\/p><p>You can find Pope Benedict XVI\u2019s written comments on our website under the \u201cBenediktpreis\u201d tab and then under \u201cAccompanying Words\u201d.<\/p><p>Looking back on the first 10 years of the \u201cBenediktpreis von M\u00f6nchengladbach\u201d, we can say that the kind words of the Holy Father helped to establish the award successfully and thus also to ensure it has a good future.<\/p><p>Helmut Linnenbrink<\/p><p>Honorary Chairman of the Association<br>Benediktpreis von M\u00f6nchengladbach<br>1\/1\/2023<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><p> <\/p><p><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With sorrow, we at the association \u201cBenediktpreis von M\u00f6nchengladbach\u201d e.V. remember the German Pope who passed away yesterday. 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