RELATIVISM: THE CENTRAL PROBLEM FOR FAITH TODAY Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (Cardinal Ratzinger, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, gave this address during the meeting of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith with the presidents of the Doctrinal Commissions of the Bishops' Conferences of...
On the 100th anniversary of the Pontifical Biblical Commission Relationship between Magisterium and exegetes by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger President of the Pontifical Biblical Commission [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']I[/dropcaps] chose the topic of my report not only because it concerns the questions which rightly belong to a retrospective of the...
New Pope Risked Death by Deserting in WWII By DAVID McHUGH, Associated Press Writer [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']B[/dropcaps]ERLIN - In May 1945, thousands of German prisoners of war trudged down the highway toward the Bavarian town of Bad Aibling. Among them — tired but grateful...
Pope Benedict XVI - Interest in Music and Poetry Pope Benedict XVI [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']S[/dropcaps]tudents at St. Michael's seminary in Traunstein where the Pope studied as a teenager cheered him when he appeared on the balcony at the Vatican. In Traunstein the media-generated opinion...
ON THE FUTURE OF CHRISTIANITY Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger - Pope Benedict XVI [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']1[/dropcaps]October-2001 -- ZENIT.org News Agency "Above All, We Should Be Missionaries" VATICAN CITY, (ZENIT.org-Avvenire).- Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger has a blunt message for Catholics today. "We cannot calmly accept the rest of humanity...
Mass for Papal Conclave [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']D[/dropcaps]ate: 2005-04-18 Cardinal Ratzinger Warns of "Dictatorship of Relativism" Presides Over Mass for Election of a Pontiff VATICAN CITY, APRIL 18, 2005 (Zenit.org).- At a Mass prior to the conclave, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger asked God for "a new pope, like...
This Lenten and Holy Week meditation on Psalm 45 and the contemplation of beauty represents a message that Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (now Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI) sent to a meeting of the ecclesial movement Communion and Liberation in August 2002. The group was meeting in...
INTRODUCTION OF CARDINAL JOSEPH RATZINGER TO THE COMPENDIUM OF THE CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']1[/dropcaps]On 11 October 1992, Pope John Paul II presented the Catechism of the Catholic Church to the faithful of the whole world, describing it as a...
COVER LETTER TO BISHOPS' CONFERENCE PRESIDENTS Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger November 8, 1995 The publication in May 1994 of the apostolic letter Ordinatio Sacerdotalis was followed by a number of problematic and negative statements by certain theologians, organizations of priests and religious, as well as some associations of lay...
CONGREGATION FOR THE DOCTRINE OF THE FAITH PRESENTATION OF THE APOSTOLIC LETTER IN THE FORM OF MOTU PROPRIO MISERICORDIA DEI INTERVENTION BY H. EM. CARD. JOSEPH RATZINGER Thursday, 2 May 2002 [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']T[/dropcaps]he fact that humanity needs purification and forgiveness is something that is most evident...