Benedict XVI and American Patriotism, by Susan Hanssen

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The experience of totalitarian regimes shaped Benedict’s formative years; for him, the United States was first and foremost the liberator.

By Susan Hanssen, Crisis Magazine, Jan. 31, 2023

Professor Susan Hanssen is an associate professor of history at the University of Dallas, where she teaches American Civilization on their Dallas campus during the school year and Western Civilization on their Rome campus in the summer.

When Benedict XVI visited the United States in 2008, he repeatedly expressed his admiration for America’s pluralistic society and respect for religious liberty. Benedict XVI and John Paul II shared a vision of the United States as the opponent of totalitarianism that had been shaped profoundly by their own experience of Nazi Germany and Communist Poland.

The death of Benedict XVI is a marker of the death of the “Greatest Generation,” a generational shift we have been culturally experiencing for the 20 years that have opened this century. The generation who lived through the Great Depression in the 1930s, World War II in the 1940s, and the beginnings of the Cold War in the 1950s developed a world view which is increasingly sidelined and undermined, but which still resonates powerfully with many. …

Benedict XVI and American Patriotism, by Susan Hanssen

Pope’s South Sudan Trip Hits LGBT Minefield, by Jules Gomes

Pro-Life Advocates Denounce Potential ‘Public Health Emergency’ Declaration by Biden to Ensure Abortion Access, by Michael W. Chapman

The experience of totalitarian regimes shaped Benedict’s formative years; for him, the United States was first and foremost the liberator.

By Susan Hanssen, Crisis Magazine, Jan. 31, 2023

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