Benedict was a gentle soul who left a great intellectual legacy

Benedict was a gentle soul who left a great intellectual legacy A nun reads the just released volume of "Jesus of Nazareth" by Pope Benedict XVI in a book store in Rome in this file photo. Photo: CNS/Max Rossi, Reuters

Pope Benedict had been well and truly reduced to a caricature, but what we really had was a humble, courteous and holy man, writes David Quinn After Joseph Ratzinger was elected pope in 2005, it was eagerly anticipated by some, and feared by others, that he would begin a new crackdown on theological dissent within…

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