Wow. When it rains…
Joseph Alois Ratzinger, also known as Pope Benedict XVI. Vatican News Service.
I know I’m being short with both of these. Mike the Musicologist is up for New Year’s, and we have a long list of things to do. Also, both of these stories are being covered by everybody and his brother, so these obits are more for the hysterical record than they are hot news flashes.