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The Passing of Pope Benedict: A Conversation with Father Paul Scalia

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The Little Layman's Understanding, Father, Can I Correct It?

Cardinal Ratzinger was a man of deep faith and deep erudition. He shut down one line of argument about the faith, says Peter Bergen. The more educated you become, the less you will need faith, writes Bergen. "Faith that isn't seeking to understand things more doesn't last very long," he adds.

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