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On April 24, 2005, Cardinal Joseph Alois Ratzinger became Pope Benedict XVI, the twenty-first-century successor of the Apostle Peter and the spiritual leader of more than one billion Roman Catholics. Who is this complex man whose office grants him sole charge of the world''s largest religion? How will his tenure influence the future? The Essential Pope Benedict XVI answers these questions through carefully chosen selections from his homilies, interviews, theological essays, and articles on the crises facing the church today. This collection lays out Benedict''s thinking and relates it to a variety of contemporary issues, including modern culture''s abandonment of traditional religious values, social mores regarding conception and the sanctity of life, current challenges to the priesthood, and the Catholic Church''s tenuous relations with other world religions.

First a brilliant peritus, or expert advisor, to the Second Vatican Council and then archbishop of M

The Essential Pope Benedict XVI

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    A Paperback / softback by John F Thornton, Susan B Varenne

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      Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 29/01/2008
      ISBN13: 9780061128844, 978-0061128844
      ISBN10: 61128848
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      Book Synopsis

      On April 24, 2005, Cardinal Joseph Alois Ratzinger became Pope Benedict XVI, the twenty-first-century successor of the Apostle Peter and the spiritual leader of more than one billion Roman Catholics. Who is this complex man whose office grants him sole charge of the world''s largest religion? How will his tenure influence the future? The Essential Pope Benedict XVI answers these questions through carefully chosen selections from his homilies, interviews, theological essays, and articles on the crises facing the church today. This collection lays out Benedict''s thinking and relates it to a variety of contemporary issues, including modern culture''s abandonment of traditional religious values, social mores regarding conception and the sanctity of life, current challenges to the priesthood, and the Catholic Church''s tenuous relations with other world religions.

      First a brilliant peritus, or expert advisor, to the Second Vatican Council and then archbishop of M

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