Benedict XVI was bishop of Rome and head of the Roman Catholic Church from 2005 to 2013. His papacy faced several challenges, including the...
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Bishop Barron's Word on Fire was selected to publish all of Joseph Ratzinger's pre-papal writings in English, many for the first time.
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Pope Francis voted for Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, the future Pope Benedict XVI, in the 2005 conclave that followed the death of St. John Paul II.
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In the death of Hans Küng, Professor Pablo Blanco Sarto traces the twists and turns of the friendship between Küng and Ratzinger, which also reflects the...
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The problem with drug use is not just its grave danger to our bodily and psychological well-being, nor that it constitutes a radical assertion of self-will.
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The Church is not only determined by the abyss that is man, but reaches down into the greater, infinite abyss that is God, will be the first to hesitate with...
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Joseph Ratzinger, future Pope Benedict XVI, wrote an endearing Epiphany letter when he was 7 years old and it was discovered in 2012.
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The Joseph Ratzinger-Benedict XVI Vatican Foundation chooses the annual recipients of the award, which is named in honor of the late Pope...
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With his papal election, Joseph Ratzinger (Benedict XVI) became the first pope to become a theologian.
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Then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, addresses a press conference in Callifornia in 1999.
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