Benedict XVI

The 265th Supreme Pontiff of the Church

"Dear brothers and sisters, after the great Pope, John Paul II, the Lord Cardinals have elected me, a simple, humble worker in the Lord's vineyard. I am consoled by the fact that the Lord is able to work and act with insufficient instruments and, above all, I rely on your prayers."

NEW AND FORTHCOMING BIOGRAPHIES

The Rise of Benedict XVI:
The Inside Story of How He Was Elected and Where He Will Take the Church
John Allen

We Have a Pope! Benedict XVI
Matthew Bunson

Let God's Light Shine Forth:
The Spiritual Vision of Pope Benedict XVI
Robert Moynihan

God's Choice: Benedict XVI and the Future of the Catholic Church
George Weigel

Catholic Matters: Confusion, Controversy and the Splendor of Truth
Richard Neuhaus


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Benedict XVI Blog
Unofficial blog covering His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI

Pope Benedict Fan Club
Includes extensive library of on line documents written by Cardinal Ratzinger

The Significance of the Name

• Benedict

  • Who was St. Benedict?

  • The Namesake of the Pope - Benedict XV

  • Benedict in Recent Papal History

  
   

  • Reflection on Choosing the Name Benedict

  • Notes on the New Coat of Arms

Benedict XVI / Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger

• World Youth Day

  • Speeches and Homilies in Cologne, Germany

• Homilies

  • Homily at Funeral Mass of John Paul II

  • Homily at the Mass for the Election of the Roman Pontiff

• Prayers

  • Way of The Cross - 2005

• Articles

  • Recent Articles in Communio: The International Catholic Review

Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments

• Doctrinal documents

  • Directory on Popular Piety and the Liturgy. Principles and Guidelines

• Instruction

  • Redemptionis Sacramentum

Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith

• Apostolic Letters

  • Collaboration of Men and Women in the Church and in the World

• Doctrinal documents

  • Considerations Regarding Proposals to Give Legal Recognition to Unions between Homosexual Persons

  • Doctrinal Note on Some Questions Regarding the Participation of Catholics in Political Life

Popular Writings

• Pilgrim Fellowship Of Faith:
  The Church As Communion
  by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger
  Ignatius Press (April 1, 2005)  

• The End of Time?
  The Provocation of Talking about God
  by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (Editor)
  Paulist Press (January 3, 2005)  

• Introduction To Christianity
  by Joseph Ratzinger, J. R. Foster(Translator),
  Michael J. Miller (Translator)
  Ignatius Press (November 30, 2004)  

• Truth And Tolerance:
  Christian Belief And World Religions
  by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, Henry Taylor (Translator)
  Ignatius Press (October 31, 2004)  

• God Is Near Us: The Eucharist, the Heart of Life
  by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, Otto Horn,
  Vinzenz Pfnur, Henry Taylor (Translator)
  Ignatius Press (June 1, 2003)

• God and the World:
  A Conversation With Peter Seewald
  by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, Peter Seewald, Henry Taylor (Translator)
  Ignatius Press (August 1, 2002)

• The Spirit of the Liturgy
  by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, John Saward (Translator)
  Ignatius Press (September 1, 2000)

• A Turning Point for Europe: Church in the Modern World - Assessment and Forecast 
  by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger
  Ignatius Press (June, 1994)

• The Ratzinger Report:
  An Interview on the State of the Church
  Ignatius Press (June 1, 1985)
   

• Co-Workers of the Truth:
  Meditations for Every Day
  by Joseph Ratzinger
  Ignatius Press (December 1, 1992)

• Behold the Pierced One
  by Joseph Ratzinger (February 1, 1987)

• Feast of Faith
  by Joseph Ratzinger
  Ignatius Press (May 1, 1986)
   

• Kardinal Ratzinger
  by John Allen
  Patmos (February 1, 2002)

• Cardinal Ratzinger:
  The Vatican's Enforcer of the Faith
  by John Allen
  Continuum International Publishing Group
  Reprint edition (November 1, 2001)

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