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A Reason Open to God

On Universities, Education and Culture

A Reason Open to God( )
Author: Benedict, Pope
Benedict XVI,
Foreword by: Garvey, John
Editor: Brown, J. Steven
ISBN:978-0-8132-2147-2
Publication Date:May 2013
Publisher:Catholic University of America Press
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $24.95USD $24.95
Book Description:

With clarity and wisdom, Pope Benedict XVI sets out his vision for Catholic higher education in this first and only collection of his major addresses on the topic. The pope's most important statements on the nature of the university and its cultural and educative tasks are brought together in this volume.

Book Details
Pages:336
Detailed Subjects: Religion / Christianity / Catholic
Religion / Christian Education / General
Social Science / Sociology Of Religion
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.4 x 8.5 x 1.1 Inches
Book Weight:1.15 Pounds
Author Biography
Benedict, Pope (Author)
Joseph Ratzinger was born on April 16, 1927 in Marktl am Inn in the state of Bavaria, Germany.

Ratzinger entered the minor seminary in Traunstein, in 1939 and in 1943 along with the rest of his seminary class he was drafted into the Flak [anti-aircraft corps]. In 1944 he was released from the Flak and returned home only to be drafted into labor detail under the infamous Austrian Legion.

In the spring of 1945 Ratzinger deserted the army and headed home but when the Americans arrive at his village shortly thereafter, he was identified as a German soldier and incarcerated in a POW camp for a brief time. Following his release he re-entered the seminary.

In 1951 Joseph was ordained into the priesthood and began lectures as a full professor of fundamental theology at the University of Bonn. From 1962-65 Ratzinger was present during all four sessions of the Second Vatican Council as a peritus, or chief theological advisor to Cardinal Joseph Frings of Cologne, Germany.

. In 1977 Joseph Ratzinger was appointed Archbishop of Munich and Freising and on June 27 elevated to Cardinal of Munich by Pope Paul VI. In 1981 Ratzinger accepted Pope John Paul II's invitation to take over as Prefect for the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and in 1986 he was appointed head of a 12-member commission responsible for drafting the Catechism of the Catholic Church.

Cardinal Ratzinger was elected vice dean of the College of Cardinals in 1988. In 2002 Pope John Paul II, approved his election as dean of the College of Cardinals.

On April 8, 2005, Cardinal Ratzinger presided over the funeral of Pope John Paul II. On April 19, 2005, Cardinal Ratzinger was elected Bishop of Rome on the fourth ballot of the conclave and took the name Benedict XVI.

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