Pope Benedict XVI: Weighing a Papacy
Richard John Neuhaus (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1989), 1–23; numbers in parentheses refer to pages in the Neuhaus edition; the lecture is also available on line. ... I am grateful to John R. Donahue, SJ, for bringing this to my attention.
Greeley, Andrew M. The Making of the Pope 2005. New York: Little Brown and Company, 2005. Weigel, George. God's Choice: Pope Benedict XVI and the Future of the Catholic Church. New York: HarperCollins, 2005. WEBSITES Cardinal Ratzinger: ...
This work on the new Pope important in its unique approach to the thought and person of who this Pontiff is for Christians everywhere to better understand him, his leadership and his role as the most respected spiritual teacher in the world ...
In Pope Benedict XVI, bestselling author Stephen Mansfield tells the story of a youth who grew up in Nazi Germany and went from being a liberal theologian associated with Vatican II to a theological conservative who became Pope John ...
After decades of reporting on the Catholic church and many personal meetings with Joseph Ratzinger, no other writer but Dr. Fischer could present this insightful look at the life of...
Presents a photo-biography of the Pope's life from infancy through the first year of his papacy, giving an overview that helps reveal who the man is that now sits on the Chair of St. Peter.
The book goes a long way toward explaining the central enigma surrounding Ratzinger: How did this erstwhile liberal end up as the chief architect of the third great wave of repression in Catholic theology in the twentieth century?
Written by a Catholic priest who is an expert on Bavarian theology, the book looks at Benedict's family life, his teen years in Nazi Germany, his rise in the Church, and the beliefs that shape his Papacy.
Written by a Catholic priest who is an expert on Bavarian theology, the book looks at Benedict's family life, his teen years in Nazi Germany, his rise in the Church, and the beliefs that shape his Papacy.
Fr. D. Vincent Twomey, a former doctoral student of Joseph Ratzinger and long time friend of the Pope, felt the need to respond to the common question he heard often after the papal election, "What kind of person is the new Pope?
Pope Benedict XVI will go down in Church history as one of the greatest popes.
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