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Benedict XVI: A Life, Volume One: Youth in Nazi Germany to the Second Vatican Council 1927–1965
By Peter Seewald, Bloomsbury Continuum, 2020, 512 pages
Peter Seewald’s first interview with Cardinal Ratzinger in November 1992 was providential for him it led ultimately to his return to the Catholic Faith and also for the Church, since it in turn lead to a series of book length interviews with one of the greatest theologians in Church history, and ultimately to this riveting biography.
Seewald clearly has a great love for his subject, and his subject would appear to have great confidence in his biographer, granting him many hours of interviews. And just as importantly, Seewald has a great understanding of the historical, ecclesiastical and theological context of Ratzinger’s life. Frequently the reader is treated to very informative “digressions” into historical events, intellectual movements and key thinkers which have formed the warp and woof of his life.
Georg Ratzinger, brother of Pope emeritus Benedict, dies in Regensburg
Georg Ratzinger, brother of Pope emeritus Benedict, dies in Regensburg
CNS photo/Michaela Rehle, Reuters
The elderly Bavarian priest had been hospitalized in Regensburg, in Bavaria, where he lived and where he received his brother Joseph’s final visit, with whom he had been ordained on the same day.
July 1, 2020
Georg Ratzinger, the older brother of the Pope emeritus, died Wednesday morning, aged 96. He had been hospitalized in Regensburg, the city where he lived the greater part of his long life. With his death, Joseph Ratzinger – who had desired to make the journey by plane to see his dying brother one last time – remains the only member of the family still alive. The two brothers – one a musician and kappellmeister of a famous choir, the other first a theologian and then a bishop, cardinal, and finally pope – were ordained together on the same day, and were always closely united. Born in Ple
Breaking Down the Door To Europe: The Bloody Fight at Aachen in World War II
To enter Germany, the U.S. Army would first need to capture the city of Aachen in one of the toughest urban battles of World War II.
Here s What You Need to Know: The capture of Aachen was a significant event, kicking in the door that allowed the Allied drive toward the Ruhr and the Rhine to continue.
By the autumn of 1944, German resistance in the West was quickly crumbling as the British and Americans approached the German border 233 days ahead of schedule. Two army groups, the 21st, commanded by Field Marshal Sir Bernard Law Montgomery, and the 12th, under the command of General Omar Nelson Bradley, had galloped across France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and Holland at an unexpected pace, overcoming whatever sporadic opposition the retreating German forces could throw in their paths. By September 11, the Americans had reached positions on the German frontier that pre-invasion planners had not expected to re
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