The face of Pope Benedict XVI is covered after his body was placed into a cypress coffin in St Peter's Basilica at the Vatican January 4, 2023. Placing the cloth were Msgr Diego Giovanni Ravelli, Pope Francis' master of papal liturgical ceremonies, and Archbishop Georg Gänswein, private secretary to Pope Benedict. Photo: CNS/Vatican Media Fr John Harris OP During the last week I have been remembering the times I met with Cardinal Ratzinger when I was studying in Rome. I never met him after his election as pope. Back in November 1993 I wrote a letter to an Irish national newspaper, when an article in that paper had described…
