Benedict XVI - The Man Who Was Ratzinger

Benedict XVI The Man Who Was Ratzinger
Item Number: 1249	Purchase Information Your Price: $22.95 Select Qty: Availability: Usually leaves our store within 7-10 Business Days

Large

Product Details
Author: Format: ISBN: H x W x D: Manufacturer: Date: Pages:	Michael S. Rose Hard Cover 1-890626-63-5 9" (22.8 cm) x 5 3/4" (14.6 cm) x 0 3/4" (1.90 cm) Spence Publishing 2005 182

Our Description

Though the election to the papacy of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger stunned the world, very few expressed doubt about the direction in which the allegedly authoritarian pope would lead the Catholic Church. Yet Benedict XVI is likely to surprise those expecting uncritical adherence to the policies of John Paul II, according to a new biography by Michael Rose, author of the bestselling Goodbye, Good Men. The first biographer seriously to probe Benedict’s vast intellectual record, Rose sheds penetrating new light on the man who was Ratzinger.

Perhaps the most imposing intellectual ever to assume the papacy, Ratzinger has been recognized as a world-class theologian since the time of Vatican II. In two decades as the chief guardian of Catholic doctrine, he addressed every controversy facing the Church: clerical sex abuse, feminism, religious pluralism, sexual revolution and the culture of death, secularism, and militant Islam. This uncommonly rich record, Rose argues, promises a new Counterreformation, purifying and reorienting the Catholic Church.

Rose reveals that Cardinal Ratzinger, unquestionably John Paul II’s closest collaborator, was privately critical of certain ecumenical, liturgical, and administrative policies of the late pope. While Benedict will undoubtedly follow John Paul’s fundamental path, Rose predicts some critical departures that could enable this supposedly “polarizing” figure to become a powerful unifying force, reviving the Church and reawakening the West’s Christian identity in its moment of crisis.

In a valuable appendix to Benedict XVI, Rose provides an annotated list of all Ratzinger’s works available in English and a catalogue of the directives of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith during his prefecture.

Browse For Similar Items In

Catholic Books > Biographies / Autobios > Non-Saints Books

Share This Item

(What are these?) : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :

A Tiber River reviewer hasn't written a review for this book yet.
Sign up as a Tiber River reviewer and see your review here!
(Apart from fame, you can also earn money and free books for writing reviews.)

Reviews

Be The First To Review This Item!

1. A Letter From Padre Pio 10/01/2008

2. Francis and Clare - A New Feature Film 10/01/2008

3. Mother Teresa's Secret Fire 10/01/2008

4. St. Pio - Padre Pio - A Model for Our Times 09/22/2008

5. About St. Bernadette 07/21/2008

6. The Apparitions of Our Lady of Lourdes 07/21/2008

7. The Real St. Nicholas 07/08/2008

8. The Conversion of St. Paul 07/03/2008

9. The Martyrdom of St. Paul 07/02/2008

10. Why a Year of St. Paul? 07/02/2008

11. About the Nativity of St. John the Baptist 06/20/2008

12. About St. Aloysius Gonzaga 06/19/2008

13. The Feast of St. Justin Martyr 05/31/2008