Joseph Ratzinger, Pope Benedict XVI, the retired Bishop of Rome, died today, December 31, at age 95. Many will write learned, well-informed commentaries on his legacy. Rightly so, since that legacy is vast, complex, and very influential. I am a scholar of some Hindu traditions, and a Catholic comparative theologian, and I cannot hope to compete with such ecclesial erudition. My reflection here is simply my own pondering of what I, a Catholic intellectual, have learned or worried about, when thinking of the example of Benedict...