Ratzinger's Choice
Posted by Tom McFeely
Tuesday, June 09, 2009 10:33 AM
This Rome Reports video, about influences that helped direct the young Joseph Ratzinger towards his priestly vocation, includes an important anecdote about the day the future Pope rejected an overture to embrace Nazism.
“In 1943, 16-year-old Joseph was called up to duty, like all his fellow classmates and friends, and assigned tasks in Munich’s anti-aircraft defense,” the video recounts.... READ MORE
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My Pupil, the Pope
Posted by Tom McFeely
Tuesday, November 18, 2008 8:40 AM
Father Laepple and Joseph Ratzinger (Papa Ratzinger Forum)
The Italian edition of a book about the influences that formed Pope Benedict XVI has just been released.
The book, entitled “Benedict XVI and his Roots: What Shaped his Life and his Faith,” was written by Msgr. Alfred Laepple, the 93-year-old German priest under whom the young Joseph Ratzinger studied at the seminary in Friesing, Bavaria.
The preface of the book has been translated into... READ MORE
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