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Rome, Italy, Feb 19, 2013 \/ 04:16 pm (CNA\/EWTN News<\/a>).- Pope Benedict\u2019s decision to dedicate himself to a life of prayer will enable him to impact people who might not have listened to him while he was Pope, according to a cloistered Dominican nun.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cWhen he lives this monastic lifestyle, his prayers will reach those who maybe were unbelievers during his papacy,\u201d said Mother Maria Angelica.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cI\u2019m absolutely sure of this, of the value of his prayer and of his silence. And it will reach the whole world, even where it wasn\u2019t previously able to reach,\u201d she told CNA on Feb. 16 at the Dominican monastery of Santa Maria del Rosario.<\/p>\n

\tThe cloistered Dominican nun also reflected on how the Pope will be living a life similar to her own.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cFor us it is something great and beautiful because we will feel him even closer than when he was Pope, because it is an extraordinary greatness to know that he is following our same lifestyle.\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\u201cI think it is marvelous that he wishes to be a \u2018monk,\u2019 dedicated to prayer and writing,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

\tMother Angelica said she was saddened about Pope Benedict\u2019s resignation, but that \u201cbeyond the sadness lies great admiration for his great humility and courage to do so.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tAccording to the superior, a non-Catholic or someone who has never dealt with an enclosed religious may never be able to understand the lifestyle or its beauty.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cHe will smile, but I don\u2019t think he will understand it, although he will feel the effects of its prayer, which I believe also reaches those people,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n

\tMother Angelica also offered some of her memories of Pope Benedict from the time when he visited the convent on June 24, 2010 in response to the nuns\u2019 repeated requests.<\/p>\n

\tHer biggest highlights were watching him arrive and accompanying him from the garden to the choir.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cIt was beautiful to live the moment between his glance and my glance, and it was a paternal look, tender and full of sweetness,\u201d Mother Angelica recalled.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cIt was also a very beautiful thing when he greeted the sisters one by one because he wanted to know the name of each one.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tShe said that it is very different to see the Pope on television, and that he has left her community with \u201ca great memory.\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\u00a0Above all, she noted, \u201che donated a beautiful homily exclusively to us.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tThe convent\u2019s rules say only the Pope and cardinals are allowed within the enclosed part of the convent.<\/p>\n

\tThe convent safeguards the hand of Italy\u2019s patron saint, St. Catherine of Sienna, the Dominican nun who convinced Pope Gregory XI to return to Rome.<\/p>\n

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