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Title:
Author:
Seewald, Peter, author. Livingstone, Dinah, translator.
ISBN:
9781472979193
Summary:
Based on countless hours of interviews in Rome with Pope Benedict XVI himself, this first volume of an authoritative biography 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.
Pub Date:
2020
Call Number
B BEN 2020
Format
Books
Title:
Author:
Seewald, Peter, author.
ISBN:
9781399404891
Summary:
In this second volume of Peter Seewald's authoritative biography, the story continues from the Second Vatican Council (1965 8) right up to his resignation in 2013. We see how Benedict was influenced by the Council and the ensuing political unrest all over Europe to move from a liberal perspective on the Church and the modern world to one that was profoundly conservative. Appointed in 1981 as prefect of the Congregation of Doctrine of the Faith, and quickly nicknamed 'God's Rottweiler', he proved
Pub Date:
2023
Call Number
B BEN 2023
Format
Books
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