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Last Testament: In His Own Words - Softcover

Benedict XVI, His Holiness Pope; Seewald, Peter

 
9781472944627: Last Testament: In His Own Words
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1472944623 ISBN 13: 9781472944627
Publisher: Bloomsbury Continuum, 2017

Synopsis

Pope Benedict XVI, the only modern-day Pope to resign from office, now finally breaks his silence.

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About the Authors

On April 19, 2005, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger was elected Pope Benedict XVI and became the 264th successor to Peter as the 'Vicar of Jesus Christ'. He may well be the most accomplished theologian to be elected Pope in modern times. From 1981 he spent over twenty years as the Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, a role often depicted as the 'defender of the faith'. Cardinal Ratzinger was also President of the Pontifical Biblical Commission and of the Preparatory Commission that codified the new Catechism of the Catholic Church, published in 1994.

In an unprecedented move he resigned as Pope on 28 February 2013.



Peter Seewald has worked as a journalist for Stern, Spiegel and the Süddeutsche Zeitung and is one of the most admired authors on religion in Germany today. His previous book of interviews with Pope Benedict Last Testament was widely reviewed in the religious and international press.

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Publisher
Bloomsbury Continuum
Publication date
2017
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1472944623
ISBN 13 
9781472944627
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
288