'Gripping ... An exquisite conversation between two people who know each other, like each other, and have mutual respect for one another' - Catholic Times
Since resigning 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.
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Foreword: One Last Visit
PART I: THE BELLS OF ROME
1 Quiet Days in the Mater Ecclesiae
2 The Resignation
3 'I do not abandon the cross'
PART II: A LIFE IN SERVICE
4 Childhood and Parental Home
5 The War
6 Student, Curate, Lecturer
7 Theological Apprentice and Star Theologian
8 Vatican II: A Dream and a Trauma
9 Professor and Bishop
10 Prefect (Rome, 1982-2005)
PART III: THE POPE OF JESUS CHRIST
11 Suddenly Pontifex
12 Aspects of the Pontificate
13 Journeys and Encounters
14 Shortcomings and Problems
Conclusions
Author's Notes
Timeline
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Pope Benedict XVI, the only modern-day Pope to resign from office, now finally breaks his silence.
Benedict's last book Jesus of Nazareth sold 23,856 copies in the UK and Commonwealth alone
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781472944627
Publisert
2017-06-15
Utgiver
Vendor
Bloomsbury Continuum
Vekt
232 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
288