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The earliest published criticism of the book was a January 1960 article in L'Osservatore Romano which called the book a badly fictionalized life of Jesus. [26] Between 1985 and 1993, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger wrote two letters which like the L'Osservatore article stated that the book was simply a story. [4]
Truth and Tolerance (German: Glaube – Wahrheit – Toleranz: Das Christentum und die Weltreligionen) is a book written by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI). The book discusses faith, religion, culture, freedom, and truth, with special emphasis on the Christian religion and how it relates to these and if it can continue to make an ...
Roman Triptych received praise from philosopher and historian Stanisław Grygiel , [4] poet and Nobel laureate Czesław Miłosz, [1] poet Marek Skwarnicki , [3] and Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, [1] [3] several of whom were close personal friends of John Paul II. It was especially popular in Poland, selling out 80% of the initial print run of ...
The Spirit of the Liturgy (German: Der Geist der Liturgie) is a 2000 book written by Joseph Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI) before his ascension to the papacy.Ratzinger called for the return to the historical practice of the liturgical orientation towards the east—the ad orientem Mass, where this is not possible, he calls for the placement of the Crucifix in the center of the altar.
In a letter of 31 January 1985 to Cardinal Giuseppe Siri, regarding the book The Poem of the Man-God, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (then Prefect of the Congregation, who later became Pope Benedict XVI), referred to the 1966 notification of the Congregation as follows: "After the dissolution of the Index, when some people thought the printing and ...
When Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger became Pope Benedict XVI and was thrust into the footsteps of his beloved and charismatic predecessor, he said he felt a guillotine had come down on him. The Vatican ...
The following is a list of books written by Pope Benedict XVI arranged chronologically by English first edition. The original German first edition publication year is included in brackets. [1] [2] [3] Theological Highlights of Vatican II. New York: Paulist Press. 1966 [1963]. ISBN 978-0-8091-4610-9. [N 1] Introduction to Christianity. London ...
As Cardinal Ratzinger, he was known (according to former neighbours) to look after stray cats in his neighbourhood, Borgo. A book called Joseph and Chico: A Cat Recounts the Life of Pope Benedict XVI was published in 2007 which told the story of the Pope's life from the feline Chico's perspective.