The Ratzinger Report

The Ratzinger Report
	Book cover
Author	Joseph Ratzinger
Original title	Rapporto Sulla Fede
Translator	Salvator Attanasio; Graham Harrison
Language	English
Subject	Catholic Church
Publisher	Ignatius Press
Publication date	1985
Pages	197
ISBN	978-0-89870-080-0

The Ratzinger Report (Italian: Rapporto Sulla Fede) is a 1985 book consisting of a series of interviews collected over several days given by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger to the Italian journalist Vittorio Messori. The book focuses on the state of the Catholic Church after the Second Vatican Council. The book is very critical of the "hermeneutic of rupture" associated with the liberal "spirit of Vatican II" within the Church. It has often been reread in the context of the papacy of Pope Benedict XVI in order to better understand the mind and the thinking of the former pontiff.^[1]^[2]

Topics

The true Spirit and letter of Vatican II
The Church as God's Church, not the laity Church
The nature of the priesthood
The papacy, the episcopacy, and the role of bishops' conferences.
Liberalism, relativism and the permissiveness of modern society
The role of women
Six reasons not to forget the Blessed Virgin Mary
Spirituality for today
The dignity of the liturgy, the eucharist as the heart of faith, and the difference between solemnity and triumphalism
The devil, the angels, purgatory, and limbo
Ecumenism and Christian unity
Liberation theology, Marxism and capitalism
Evangelization and why Jesus is the only Savior

References

Citations

^ Komonchak, Joseph A. (December 22, 1985). "At the Pope's Right Hand". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
^ Greenwich, Andrew (May 1988). "Cardinal Ratzinger: defender of the Faith". AD2000. Retrieved 20 February 2012.

Bibliography

The Ratzinger Report: An Exclusive Interview on the State of the Church. San Francisco: Ignatius Press. 1985. ISBN 978-0-89870-080-0.

External links

The Ratzinger Report (Google Books)
The Ratzinger Report (Ignatius Press)

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[nytimes-1] Komonchak, Joseph A. (December 22, 1985). "At the Pope's Right Hand". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 February 2012.

[ad2000-2] Greenwich, Andrew (May 1988). "Cardinal Ratzinger: defender of the Faith". AD2000. Retrieved 20 February 2012.

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v t e Pope Benedict XVI
Born Joseph Alois Ratzinger, 16 April 1927 – 31 December 2022
Biography	Early life Georg Ratzinger (brother) Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith 2005 papal conclave Resignation Death and funeral
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Theology	Theology Dominus Iesus (The Lord Jesus) Summorum Pontificum (The Supreme Pontiffs) Introduction to Christianity Ecumenism Judaism Islam
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Exhortations	Sacramentum caritatis (On the Eucharist) Verbum Domini (On the Word of the Lord) Africae munus (On the Church in Africa) Ecclesia in Medio Oriente (On the Church in the Middle East)
Books	Introduction to Christianity The Ratzinger Report Eschatology: Death and Eternal Life The Spirit of the Liturgy Truth and Tolerance Jesus of Nazareth From the Baptism in the Jordan to the Transfiguration Holy Week The Infancy Narratives
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