Joseph Ratzinger, známy ako Benedikt XVI., bol teológ a významný mysliteľ, ktorý sa vo svojich spisoch venoval obrane tradičnej katolíckej doktríny a hodnôt. Jeho dielo často zdôrazňovalo návrat k základným kresťanským hodnotám ako odpoveď na rastúcu sekularizáciu a relativizmus 21. storočia. Ratzinger vnímal popieranie objektívnej a morálnej pravdy ako ústredný problém svojej doby. Prostredníctvom svojej rozsiahlej literárnej tvorby, ako aj založením nadácie, ktorá podporuje študentov, sa snažil šíriť pochopenie Božej vykupiteľskej lásky a dôležitosť modlitby.
Ježišovo detstvo. Autor sa v knihe zaoberá udalosťami, ktoré predchádzali verejnému učinkovaniu Ježiša Krista. Jednotlivé kapitoli sú venované otázke Ježišovho pôvodu, narodeniu jeho predchodcu Jána Krstiteľa, Ježišovmu narodeniu v Betleheme, príchodu mudrcov od východu, úteku Jozefa s Máriou a Ježišom do Egypta. Epilógom knihy je text o dvanásťročnom Ježišovi v Jeruzalemskom chráme.
The Unity of the Church brings together a captivating collection of articles — previously published in Communio — by Pope Benedict XVI. The essays deal with various issues facing the church in the world today, including what divides and unites denominations, the growing crisis facing peace and justice, technological security, and the necessity of ecumenism in the growth of the church. / “Pope Benedict XVI rarely writes on any churchly matter that does not manifest its implications for man and culture, and vice versa,” notes David Schindler in the introduction. This collection is a brilliant expression of that tendency toward interconnectivity. / Dwelling in Love is part of the Retrieval and Renewal in Catholic Thought series, edited by David L. Schindler.
Deus Caritas Est, Spe Salvi and Caritas In Veritate brought together into a single volume. During his eight-year papacy, Pope Benedict XVI taught the Church and the world, using every opportunity to be, as one famous papal title calls the Holy Father, the “Servant of the servants of God”. This he did by proposing Christ and his Church to the world ceaselessly and most prominently in his three encyclicals. The first encyclical, Deus Caritas Est – God is Love – dealt with the most fundamental calling of every Christian: that of love. Two years later in 2007 came Spe Salvi (Saved by Hope) in which the Holy Father presented man’s true hope as not technology or ideologies but God, who loved us to the end. Finally there was Caritas in Veritate – Love in Truth – where the Pope addressed many modern social questions, from 21st-century finance to population control. Taken together, they form a treasury of papal teaching which every Catholic should have access to.
In this Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation, the Pope sums up the important work done by the Synod of Bishops on the Word of God in the Life and Mission of the Church. The document has three major parts:
The first part of Pope Benedict's 'personal search for the face of the Lord' presents the person of Jesus Christ, offering a fresh understanding of his teachings.
Beginning with Advent and concluding with the feast of Christ the King, 'Holy Days' presents selected homilies that the Pope has pronounced over the course of the liturgical year in Rome. The book is organized by season and feast days, with brief introductions.
This book chronicles the historic May 2009 papal visit to the Holy Land by following the itinerary and providing a complete collection of Pope Benedict XVI's addresses, reflections, and speeches given at religious sites and various locations, including Yad Vashem and the Western Wall, and meetings with religious leaders and political officials. These are the pope's own words as a pilgrim on a journey of faith and as the leader of the Catholic Church. --