Bishop Michael F. Burbidge, head of the Arlington, Virginia, diocese, said Benedict was a welcoming figure.
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI Benedict remembered as humble scholar, not 'God's Rottweiler'
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And Bishop Michael F. Burbidge of the Diocese of Arlington, Virginia, said Benedict was “a devoted student of the Word of God and steeped in the Church’s liturgical and theological tradition, he was able to engage the modern world with intellectual clarity and pastoral charity.”
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, first Roman Catholic leader to resign in 600 years, dies
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