Last testament : in his own words / Pope Benedict XVI with Peter Seewald ; translated by Jacob Phillips.

By: Benedict XVI, Pope, 1927- [interviewee.]
Contributor(s): Seewald, Peter [interviewer.] | Phillips, Jacob [translator.]
Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: German Publisher: London : Bloomsbury, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Description: xx, 257 pages : portraits ; 22 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 9781472944672; 1472944674; 9781472944610; 1472944615Other title: Benedict XVI : last testament : in his own wordsUniform titles: Letzte Gespräche. English Subject(s): Benedikt XVI. Papst 1927- | Benedict XVI, Pope, 1927- -- Interviews | Catholic Church -- Doctrines -- History -- 20th century | Popes -- Biography | Benedict XVI, Pope, 1927- -- Interviews | Benedict XVI, Pope, 1927- | Catholic Church | Popes | Theology, Doctrinal | 1900-1999 | (lcgft)InterviewsGenre/Form: Interview. | Biography. | History. | Interviews. | InterviewsDDC classification: 282.092 LOC classification: BX1378.6 | .L788 2016BX1378.6 | .A5 2016Other classification: 230
Contents:
Foreword: One Last Visit -- PART I THE BELLS OF ROME -- Quiet Days in Mater Ecclesiae -- The Resignation -- `I do not abandon the cross' -- PART II A LIFE IN SERVICE -- Childhood and Parental Home --- The War -- Student, Curate, Lecturer -- Theological Apprentice and Star Theologian -- Vatican II: A Dream and a Trauma -- Professor and Bishop -- Prefect (Rome, 1982--2005) -- PART III THE POPE OF JESUS CHRIST -- Suddenly Pontifex -- Aspects of the Pontificate -- Journeys and Encounters -- Shortcomings and Problems -- Conclusion -- Author's Notes -- Timeline.
Summary: Since retiring from the papacy in 2013, the first Pope in over 700 years to do so, Pope Benedict has lived quietly in a convent in the Vatican gardens in Rome. He has devoted himself to a life of prayer and study and has vowed to remain silent, until now. So much controversy still surrounds Pope Benedict's time in office. In this book, written with bestselling German author Peter Seewald, he addresses the issues of his papacy and reveals how, at his late age, governing and reforming the Church was beyond him. Last Testament is also an autobiography, recalling Pope Benedict's childhood in Germany under Nazism, his early development as a priest, and eventually his appointment as Archbishop of Munich. After becoming Pope, his account deals with the controversies that rocked the Catholic world: how he enraged Muslims with his Regensburg speech, what he did and did not do to stamp out the clerical sexual abuse of children, the 'Vatileaks' scandal and how he broke up a gay cabal within the Vatican itself. At all times, we see a man who is shy and retiring and modest being exceptionally open and frank with the outside world. In this Last Testament, a unique book insofar as no other living Pope has had the opportunity to write an account having left office, Benedict gives in his own words an unprecedented view of the difficulties, the achievements and the consequences of his time as head of the Catholic Church worldwide. -- Provided by publisher.Summary: (Summary): Since retiring from the papacy in 2013, the first Pope in over 700 years to do so, Pope Benedict has lived quietly in a convent in the Vatican gardens in Rome. He has devoted himself to a life of prayer and study and has vowed to remain silent until now.
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German original published under the title: Benedict XVI : Letzte Gespräche mit Peter Seewald.

Includes bibliographical references.

Foreword: One Last Visit -- PART I THE BELLS OF ROME -- Quiet Days in Mater Ecclesiae -- The Resignation -- `I do not abandon the cross' -- PART II A LIFE IN SERVICE -- Childhood and Parental Home --- The War -- Student, Curate, Lecturer -- Theological Apprentice and Star Theologian -- Vatican II: A Dream and a Trauma -- Professor and Bishop -- Prefect (Rome, 1982--2005) -- PART III THE POPE OF JESUS CHRIST -- Suddenly Pontifex -- Aspects of the Pontificate -- Journeys and Encounters -- Shortcomings and Problems -- Conclusion -- Author's Notes -- Timeline.

Since retiring from the papacy in 2013, the first Pope in over 700 years to do so, Pope Benedict has lived quietly in a convent in the Vatican gardens in Rome. He has devoted himself to a life of prayer and study and has vowed to remain silent, until now. So much controversy still surrounds Pope Benedict's time in office. In this book, written with bestselling German author Peter Seewald, he addresses the issues of his papacy and reveals how, at his late age, governing and reforming the Church was beyond him. Last Testament is also an autobiography, recalling Pope Benedict's childhood in Germany under Nazism, his early development as a priest, and eventually his appointment as Archbishop of Munich. After becoming Pope, his account deals with the controversies that rocked the Catholic world: how he enraged Muslims with his Regensburg speech, what he did and did not do to stamp out the clerical sexual abuse of children, the 'Vatileaks' scandal and how he broke up a gay cabal within the Vatican itself. At all times, we see a man who is shy and retiring and modest being exceptionally open and frank with the outside world. In this Last Testament, a unique book insofar as no other living Pope has had the opportunity to write an account having left office, Benedict gives in his own words an unprecedented view of the difficulties, the achievements and the consequences of his time as head of the Catholic Church worldwide. -- Provided by publisher.

(Summary): Since retiring from the papacy in 2013, the first Pope in over 700 years to do so, Pope Benedict has lived quietly in a convent in the Vatican gardens in Rome. He has devoted himself to a life of prayer and study and has vowed to remain silent until now.

Translated from the German.

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