Against Ratzinger

by Anonymous; Shugaar, Anthony

• ISBN13: 9781583227664
• ISBN10: 1583227660
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-04-01
• Publisher: Seven Stories Press

Summary

Published anonymously in Italy on the one-year anniversary of Joseph Ratzinger's election to the papacy, Against Ratzinger caused a national stir and immediately shot onto bestseller lists. Now America, the home of over 67 million Catholics, will have the opportunity to wrestle with this insightful and revealing examination of Pope Benedict XVI. This volume analyzes and critiques the pronouncements of Ratzinger. Addressing some of the most dramatic and pressing issues of our time, Against Ratzinger studies the pope's responses to birth control, abortion, and sexual abuse in the Church. Against Ratzinger charts Ratzinger's rise to power from his arrival in Rome in 1981 and addresses his close relationship with the late Pope John Paul II.

Table of Contents

Fanciful Epilogue in the Form of a Prologue	p. 11
Delayed Introduction: A Spectacular Success	p. 25
Karol's Body: The Relic and the Commodity	p. 33
An Obedient Young Man, a Prefect Who Was Obeyed	p. 47
The Corrections: Where Auctoritas Dares	p. 69
A Clever Endgame	p. 85
Of Infertile Love, of Absolute Horror	p. 103
De Generatione: Life and Its Ownership	p. 119
Fanciful Prologue in the Form of an Epilogue	p. 133
Against Ratzinger 2.0: Regensburg and Other Quibbles
Mala Tempera Currant	p. 139
An Unfortunate Misunderstanding	p. 149
What Would You Say to a Little Joint Venture?	p. 157
The Phantom of Il Braghettone	p. 165
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