The Centenary of Ratzinger: Glorifying the Architect of Doctrinal Collapse
EWTN News reports that the Joseph Ratzinger-Benedict XVI Vatican Foundation is organizing global centenary celebrations in 2027 for the birth of Joseph Ratzinger, described as honoring his “legacy” and contributions to “philosophy and theology.” Events are planned across four continents—in Rome, the United States, India, Colombia, Hungary, France, Spain, and Kenya—featuring conferences, book presentations, a statue unveiling, and symposia on themes such as “The Faith of the Future,” “Joseph Ratzinger and His Sources,” and “The Beauty of the Liturgy.” Father Roberto Regoli, president of the foundation, stated that “the centenary of Ratzingerʼs birth is an opportunity to fully present his thought and his approach to reality as significant contributions to the current ecclesial and cultural debate,” highlighting Ratzinger’s interpretation of the Second Vatican Council, the “personal experience of Christ” as the key to theology, and “reasonableness” as the criterion for human reflection. The article presents these celebrations as a natural and praiseworthy commemoration of a “beloved German pontiff.” This entire apparatus constitutes nothing less than the systematic glorification of the man who, perhaps more than any other single figure, bears responsibility for the theological and spiritual devastation wrought upon the Catholic Church since 1958.




