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Benedict XVI: A Life, Volume One

Volume One: Youth in Nazi Germany to the Second Vatican Council, 1927–1965

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Benedict XVI: A Life, Volume One

Written by: Peter Seewald
Narrated by: Jim Meskimen
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The long-awaited and authoritative biography of Pope Benedict XVI, a giant of the Catholic Church

Benedict XVI: A Life offers insight into the young life and rise through the Church’s ranks of a man who would become a hero and a lightning rod for Catholics the world over. Based on countless hours of interviews in Rome with Benedict himself, this much-anticipated two-volume biography is the definitive record of the life of Joseph Ratzinger and the legacy of Pope Benedict XVI.

This first volume follows the early life of the future pope, from his days growing up in Germany and his conscription into the Hitler Youth during World War II to his career as an academic theologian and eventual Archbishop of Munich. The second volume, set to be published in 2021, will cover his move to Rome under Pope John Paul II, his ascension to the papacy, and his controversial retirement and news-making statements under his successor, Pope Francis I.

This necessary companion to Benedict’s own memoir, Last Testament, is the fullest account to date of the life of a radical Catholic leader who has continued to make news while cloistered in retirement in the Vatican gardens.

©2020 Peter Seewald (P)2020 Blackstone Publishing Christianity Religious
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Good book, marred seriously by the mispronunciation of German words. Speaker would have needed phonetic guidance.

Good book, marred by the mispronunciation of German words

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Excellent book on the life of Joseph Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI). Rich with details and very moving. Highly recommend to anyone curious about either the late pontiff, the Vatican, the Second Vatican Council, church politics, or on the role of the Catholic Church in the 20th
century.

Amazing book

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