Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI

The name Benedict evokes the extraordinary figure of the great 'patriarch of western monasticism, ' St. Benedict of Norcia, who was a co-patron of Europe with Cyril and Methodius. It is derived from the Latin name Benedictus meaning "The Blessed". The progressive expansion of the Benedictine Order he founded exercised an enormous influence on the spread of Christianity throughout the European continent. For this reason, St. Benedict is much venerated in Germany, and especially in Bavaria. He constituted a fundamental point of reference for the unity of Europe and a powerful call to the irrefutable Christian roots of European culture and civilization."

"Popes with this name had appealed to St. Benedict for help "to hold firm Christ's central position in our lives. "May he always be first in our thoughts and in all our activities!" Benedict XVI announced that, just as at the beginning of his pontificate, John Paul II had continued the reflections on Christian virtues begun by Pope John Paul I.

Benedict XVI ideally venerated Pontiff, Benedict XV, who guided the Church through the turbulent times of the First World War. He was a true and courageous prophet of peace who struggled strenuously and bravely, first to avoid the drama of war and then to limit its terrible consequences.

Dr. Kofi Frimpong-Aninakwa was the Assistant Accountant for over twenty years at the Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA) in Ghana. He undertook his Higher National Diploma (HND) in Accountancy at the Accra Technical University in 1996. When he transitioned to the United States, he had the opportunity of completing his graduate program at the Cambridge College at the satellite campus in Springfield, Massachusetts, in Master's in Business Management in 2014. He undertook his Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) program in Business Management and Entrepreneurship and completed in 2017. He works at the Hartford Public Schools as an Information Officer and also as a Private Management Consultant. He and his family worship as members of the St. Isaac Joques Ghanaian Catholic Church in East Hartford, Connecticut.

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