Pope Benedict XVI A Biography of Joseph Ratzinger

This book is the only existing biography of Pope Benedict XVI, born Joseph Aloysius Ratzinger on April 16, 1927, in southern Bavaria. Comprehensive in scope and intimate in content, it provides a vivid blow-by-blow of the controversies that have wracked the Catholic Church during the past twenty years: Liberation theology, birth control, women's ordination, inclusive language, "radical feminism," homosexuality, religious pluralism, human rights in the church, and the roles of bishops and theologians.Allen, John L., Jr. is the author of 'Pope Benedict XVI A Biography of Joseph Ratzinger', published 2005 under ISBN 9780826417862 and ISBN 0826417868.