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title: "3 Cardinal Ratzinger Quotes by 3 authors"
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> [The one and only time I met Pope Benedict XVI was when he was Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-novak/the-one-and-only-time-i-met-pope-benedict-xvi-was-when-he-was-joseph/)

[David Novak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-novak/)

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> [“As Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, Prefect of the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith, has admitted regarding the suppression of the traditional…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-a-ferrara/as-joseph-cardinal-ratzinger-prefect-of-the-congregation-of-the/)

[Christopher A. Ferrara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-a-ferrara/)

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> [I allow myself to honor the man who fought in moments when he had no strength to impose himself, until he managed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/i-allow-myself-to-honor-the-man-who-fought-in-moments-when-he-had-no/)

[Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/)

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