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Benedict XVI

Revised Edition

Scott, Helena / Tolansky, Ethel

Updated edition of the life of our Holy Father

Joseph Ratzinger was born in Catholic Bavaria in 1927, and witnessed war’s ‘gates of hell’ in Nazi Germany. After the war he became a priest and later a theologian, university professor and rising academic star. He rose to prominence as Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith at the Vatican and was elected Pope at 78 years old. This booklet penetrates popular stereotyping to reveal the truth, complexity and thought of this very modest and pious theologian. Here we discover a ‘humble and thoroughly kind man’, a leading thinker very much in touch with this modern age. Updated in 2010, the booklet evaluates the first 5 years of his papacy.

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"The authors quote ... from his books and interviews to give a sense of his thought and how he combines intellectual clarity with a profound love of his fellow men." - AP-S, 2 Feb 2007