Peter Seewald
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English
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The long-awaited and authoritative biography of Pope Benedict XVI, a giant of the Catholic Church
Benedict XVI: A Life offers insight into the young life and rise through the Church's ranks of a man who would become a hero and a lightning rod for Catholics the world over. Based on countless hours of interviews in Rome with Benedict himself, this much-anticipated two-volume biography is the definitive record of the life of Joseph Ratzinger and the...
2) Benedict XVI: A Life, Volume Two: Professor and Prefect to Pope and Pope Emeritus, 1966–The Present
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English
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The second volume of Peter Seewald's magisterial life of Pope Benedict covers the period from the Second Vatican Council (1965–68) to the present day.
Emeritus Pope Benedict commands both adulation and unremitting criticism. In this second volume of Peter Seewald's authoritative biography, the story runs from the Second Vatican Council (1965–68) that shaped Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger's conservative ideas about the role of the Catholic Church,...
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Ignatius Press
Pub. Date
c2010
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English
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"Popes do not usually grant book-length interviews to journalists. And never before has a pope given as in-depth and extensive interview as this one, answering so many direct questions on so many personal and controversial topics. ... As believers and non-believers alike read this book, many will be challenged to reconsider what they think they know about Pope Benedict XVI and the future of the Catholic Church." --Inside flap.