Greg, from Great Britain: "Among other things, I’ve read quite a lot of Benedict XVI’s writings and I think he’s a very profound and great writer. But I think he’s much more relevant and knows much more about the modern world than most people realise - so

Angelika, from Germany: "How can you not love Pope Benedict? He’s such a lovely man. I don’t think there are many people like him who are so humble yet so great at the same time. He’s such a wonderful theologian, deep thinker, great scholar and yet he nev

Collette, from England, talks about how Pope Benedict XVI's apostolic pilgrimage to the UK in 2010 touched her: "Three years ago I was a lapsed Catholic, living a life at complete odds to the Church, very far away from the Church. Pope Benedict came to En

Ulrich, from Germany, after his response in English talks a bit in German about his JMJ experience at WJT Köln 2005: "I had this great luck to discover the faith especially with our Pope Benedict. So I read a lot of his books, a lot of his homilies, and I

Brandon, from the United States: "What I liked about Pope Benedict is that he was such a prolific writer, the way he wrote and how he synthesised all of his thought and really centred around the person of Jesus in a very wonderful way." Visit Totus2us.com

Miriam, from Germany: "For me, it’s a really big grace to be here in Rome during the last days of the pontificate of Pope Benedict. He was a real father for me, because he was a holy man and he knew how to love the faith. ..I started to read what he said,

Erin, from the United States: "I want to thank Papa Benedict for his witness and for his love for the Church. In both ways it’s the way he lives his life and his vocation is inspiring to me because he shows us what a saint right now can look like and how

Mary, from the United States: "I’d like to thank Pope Benedict for all that he has done in the past 8 years as pope. I think one of the most powerful things or ways that he has had an impact on me is actually with his resignation. It is such an act of hum

Alice, from England: "In 2010 I was lucky enough to meet the Holy Father when he came to the UK on his state visit. Listening to what he said to the young people gathered on the steps of Westminster, and being lucky enough to have been given blessing by h

Ben, from England: "I went to Rome 3 weeks ago and had an audience with the Pope and it was amazing. It was just amazing to see how many people were there and how many people love the Pope. I work for Kimberley, which is a retreat centre, and we got a sho