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Pope Benedict XVI : a personal portrait / Heinz-Joachim Fischer ; translated by Brian McNeil.
Van Pelt Library BX1378.6 .F5713 2005
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fischer, Heinz-Joachim, 1944-
- Standardized Title:
- Benedikt XVI. Englsih
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Benedict XVI, Pope, 1927-2022.
- Benedict.
- Popes--Biography.
- Popes.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- x, 213 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Crossroad Publishing Company, [2005]
- Summary:
- For the first time in a quarter century, the world has a new pope. While people around the world struggle to understand the brilliant and enigmatic Joseph Ratzinger, Heinz-Joachim Fischer offers us this first-hand account of the Pope's astonishing life and ministry: from his early days in Germany to his meteoric rise as Prefect for the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, confidant of Pope John Paul II, and the first new pope of the 21st Century.
- Contents:
- Returning to Bavaria 1
- Our First Meeting 1
- The Making of a Conservative 3
- The Episcopal Call 5
- Facing Pastoral Challenges 8
- The Call to Rome 11
- The Pope's Candid Theologian 11
- The Fight over Liberation Theology 13
- The Preferential Option for the Poor 16
- Another Phone Call 18
- At Home in the Catholic World 19
- Meeting Mozart in Heaven 22
- The Good Health of the Church 24
- Prescribing Strong Medicine 26
- A Cardinal in Dialogue 28
- Cultural Ferment and the Faith 31
- Shouldering a Heavy Burden 33
- The Long Shadow of History 35
- Famous Instructions 36
- There He Stands 39
- A Joyful Confidence 42
- An Intellectual Rooted in Faith 43
- The Prefect's Register of "Sins" 45
- A Deputy Pope for Germany? 48
- Controversial Issues 50
- The Conversion of the Prefect 52
- Time of Transition 59
- Four Cardinals at the Center 59
- Stepping Out of the Shadow 64
- A Tough Act to Follow 67
- The Last Message of John Paul II 70
- Behind Closed Doors 74
- Continuity or New Beginnings? 77
- The Search for a Successor 80
- Rising to the Challenge 83
- A Cardinal's Manifesto 89
- The Conclave Begins 91
- A Spiritually Fruitful Election 96
- Accepted in Humility 98
- Pope Benedict XVI 103
- In the Vineyard of the Lord 103
- The Pope from Bavaria 104
- Proud of Being Catholic 105
- Blessings that Flow from a Name 106
- Grateful Devotion to the Church 110
- Sermon of a Lifetime 112
- "I Am Very Deeply Moved" 121
- "My Yoke Is Easy, My Burden Is Light" 124
- Let the Faith Shine 127
- The Festive Inauguration 132
- Homily at the Inauguration 137
- The Joyful Exhortation 149
- The Expectations for Reform 150
- Conservative in Principle 152
- Upholding the Tradition 154
- Faith as the Reason for Joy 156
- The New Pope and the New Catholics 161
- Salt of the Earth 164
- 2 Cardinal Ratzinger's Sermon at the Requiem of John Paul II 169
- 3 The Cardinal Electors, 2005 175
- 4 Benedict of Nursia 188
- 5 The Roman Popes and the Benedicts 190
- A Word from the Publisher 212.
- ISBN:
- 0824523725 :
- OCLC:
- 60531899
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