Ratzinger as Pope. While Benedict XVI's opening salvo with Burresi rang insider bells, his next move, with Maciel, got the attention of the wider world. In May 2006, ...

Ratzinger looked relaxed and in control at breakfast Tuesday morning, addressing cardinals at his table by name and in their diverse languages, said Cardinal Roger M. Mahony of Los Angeles.

—from "Ratzinger denies Christianity 'superior' to Islam," Zenit.org via Catholic News, March 6, 2002 On Judaism : "That the Jews are connected with God in a special way and that God does not ...

Michael Hesemann recorded Georg Ratzinger's memoirs of growing up with the Pope. Feb. 29, 2012— -- "From the beginning of my life, my brother has always been for me not only a companion, but ...

Ratzinger succeeds a pope who gained extraordinary popularity over a 26-year pontificate, history's third-longest papacy. Millions mourned him around the world in a tribute to his charisma.

Editor’s Note: This book review originally ran in the March 14 1986 issue of National Review. The Ratzinger Report: An Exclusive Interview on the State of the Church, by Joseph Cardinal ...

Msgr. Georg Ratzinger’s new book, My Brother, the Pope, brings new insights into the private life of the Ratzinger family. First published in Germany, the book is a series of interviews Msgr ...

Ratzinger, although not perfect, was better than anyone else in Rome on the topic. Related: Pope Benedict XVI, elected a philosopher king, was at heart a German professor ...

With the towers of the cathedral in the background, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, later Pope Benedict XVI, bids farewell to the Bavarian believers in downtown Munich, Germany, Feb. 28, 1982.