As the world discusses Pope Benedict XVI’s abdication, you might enjoy two pieces on the pontiff from the archives of THE WEEKLY STANDARD: Lee Harris’s “Socrates or Mohammad?” and Joseph Bottum’s “Benedict Meets Bartholomew.”

Here’s an excerpt from Harris’s October 2006 story:

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