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Loading... The Ratzinger Report: An Exclusive Interview on the State of the Church (1985)by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, Vittorio Messori (Author)
   None No current Talk conversations about this book.  inge87 | Nov 18, 2013 |   After I read this book on 2 April 1986 I commented as follows: There has been a lot of talk about The Ratzinger Report, an interview an Italian journalist had with Cardinal Ratzinger in 1984. I have now read it. It seems to me quite wide-ranging, and touches on much which one such as I--who has not kept up on the matters discussed--am not qualified to judge. (  ) Schmerguls | Dec 7, 2011 |  ) ManipledMutineer | May 16, 2007 |  StFrancisofAssisi | Aug 2, 2018 | no reviews | add a review
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Joseph Ratzinger (future Pope Benedict XVI), renowned theologian and Cardinal Prefect of the Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, gives an exclusive in-depth interview to a famous Italian journalist, Vittorio Messori, on the state of the church near the end of the of twentieth century. Cardinal Ratzinger speaks candidly and forcefully about the challenges of the Church in the Post-Vatican II era. Here is the complete text of a meeting many have called a "historical turnabout" in the Church. The roots of the crisis that has troubled Catholics in the twenty years since the Council are analyzed with forthright clarity by one of the most authoritative voices in the Vatican. This is a clear and uncompromising report on the dangers that threaten the Faith, from one who every day receives the most reliable information from every continent. Yet Ratzinger's observations are as hopeful and balanced as they are clear-sighted, forcefully re-affirming the immense and positive work of Vatican II, whose genuine fruits this book provides a guideline for achieving. No library descriptions found. |
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Content-wise, this was one of the first books to really open up on new interpretations of Vatican II, and to say that there were things that had been lost in the process of its implementation that needed to be regained. Continuity vs. Rupture is the name of the game here. Much of this is rather old news and accepted fact now, but in the mid-80s it was rather shockingly controversial.
Recommended for those interested in modern Catholicism and especially the implementations of Vatican II. Others may find it all a bit dated and might want to seek out his more recent interviews like Salt of the Earth or Light of the World. (