Benedict XVI

the long version

For decades before his election, Pope Benedict XVI, then Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, was known across the world as an unwavering upholder of Catholic orthodoxy. What kind of man is Benedict XVI? What were the influences that shaped him, and how might the Catholic Church evolve under his leadership? This book aims to answer these questions and also explain why the future Pope disavowed his youthful liberalism from the late 1960s onwards. (Adapted from inside front dustjacket).