With God You Are Never Alone :The Great Papal Addresses

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With God You Are Never Alone

With God You Are Never Alone :The Great Papal Addresses

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For the first time, the 10 great speeches of Benedict XVI's pontificate are collected. From the first homily delivered as soon as he became pope to the last public hearing, these speeches reveal the depth of his theological reflection in simple language that has nourished the faith of millions.

Since Pope Benedict XVI died he has had a remarkably good press. Indeed many have argued that there is a natural evolution between Pope Benedicts mission and that of his successor Pope Francis.

Dubbed and dismissed by many as an unrepentant traditionalist, we now see a man of profound intelligence and wisdom on matters relating not just to religion but to what is not termed 'The Common Good'. It is thus more important to read these texts carefully and with measure and not in garbled versions dreamt up by the Press. With this in mind, Benedict will be seen as an inspiring thinker who has a lot to teach us now and the future.

Included here are his speech on visiting Auschwitz, his address to the House of Commons and House of Lords, his address to the German Bundestag in Berlin, his address to the United Nations, his notorious Regensburg speech and his speech when he finally announced his resignation.

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Type Book
ISBN13 9781399413725
ISBN10 1399413724
Number Of Pages 192
Item Weight 320 g
Product Dimensions 136 x 218 x 22 mm
Publisher / Reseller Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format hardback
Edition Unabridged edition
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“a worthy tribute to a vital figure in the history of the Catholic church.” -- Publishers Weekly

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Author's Bio

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.

At the age of 95, Pope Benedict XVI died on 31 December 2022 at the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery.

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