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			<title><![CDATA[ NEW Upcoming Books authored by Our Holy Father ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51rZhq7WG3L._SS500_.jpg" style="border:0;"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><br><br><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51EeQAg7ltL._SS500_.jpg" style="border:0;"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><br><br><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51uGLoe6lnL._SS500_.jpg" style="border:0;"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><br><br>This next book documents the proceedings of the... ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ &quot;SPE SALVI,&quot; The Pope's Second Encyclical ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ NOV 23, 2007 (VIS) - The new Encyclical of Benedict XVI, "Spe salvi," will be presented in the Holy See Press Office at 11.30 a.m. on Friday, November 30. The document will be presented by Cardinal Georges Marie Martin Cottier O.P., pro-theologian emeritus of the Pontifical Household, and by Cardinal Albert Vanhoye S.J., professor emeritus of New Testament exegesis at the Pontifical Biblical Institute. ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Authorized Children's Bio of Pope ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Chico the cat describes the life of his &quot;best friend&quot;, Pope Benedict, in an authorized biography for children released this week.<br><br><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://hometown.aol.de/bkhvonbachhagen/Chico2.jpg" style="border:0;"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><div class='signature'>"I have a mustard- seed; and I am not afraid to use it."<br>[Ratzinger:"Salt of the Earth"]<br><img src="http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/images/HC-GG015_Benedi_20051013170235.gif"... ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ New Books by Pope Benedict XVI / Joseph Ratzinger -Fall 2007 ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Browsing the up and coming publications by and about Benedict XVI, we appear to have a literary feast in the months to come . . .<br><p><b style="font-weight: bolder; font-size: 13px; color: #CC0000;"><i>As Pope Benedict XVI</i></b><br><p><br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fexec%2Fobidos%2FASIN%2F1592764053%2F&tag=christopsweb&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325" target=_blank><img... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Mon, 20 Aug 2007 21:11:44 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Benedikt Bibel ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Our Papa's very uniquely annotated version of the Holy  S c r i p t u r e s !<br><br><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/I/41Skp-ofQKL._SS500_.jpg" style="border:0;"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><br>1388 pages in length!<br>____________________________________<br>and now, this Summer, Our Papa's book on the Apostles:<br><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/I/41cOnVTQEOL._SS500_.jpg" style="border:0;"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2007 11:47:58 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Sacramentum Caritatis and supporting Pope Benedict XVI ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Dear BXVI DB members,<br><br><br>Sadly the post at the very bottom is typical of the "new church" anti papal/Ratzinger nonsense that has flooded our www.Cathnews.com.au discussion forum in Australia since its inception. <br><br>A few of us do our best to take on the misinformed knockers as can be seen in the post below: <br><br><b>Re your comments about the Church needing a "globally minded Pope": <br><br>I think it would be best to read Pope Benedict's writings such as Salt of the Earth,... ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Jesus of Nazareth ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>Jesus of Nazareth, From His Baptism in the Jordan to the Transfiguration</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br><br>Although this book has not yet been published, it has generated enough interest to begin a thread for dedicated to it. The announcement was made at the end of November 2006.<br><!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>VIS - The Holy See Press Office today released a communique stating: &quot;The Holy Father Benedict XVI... ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Values in a Time of Upheaval ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ For a description of Cardinal Ratzinger's discussion of the &quot;just war&quot; tradition and responses to the war of terror, see the thread  <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>Toward a Proper Understanding of the Just War Tradition</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--> under <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>Catholic Ethics</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END-->.<br><br>Another part of the book is discussed in my post 158<br>(7/19/06 5:17 am) on the <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>Auschwitz</strong><!--EZCODE... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Tue, 01 Aug 2006 23:39:16 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ &quot;What It means to be a Christian&quot; ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?link_code=ur2&tag=christopsweb&camp=1789&creative=9325&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fgp%2Fproduct%2F158617133X%2Fsr%3D8-1%2Fqid%3D1153104000%2Fref%3Dsr_1_1%3Fie%3DUTF8" target=_blank><img src="http://www.ratzingerfanclub.com/images/ratzinger_what_it_means.jpg" width="80" height="123" border="0" align="right" vspace="4" hspace="4"></a><a... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sun, 16 Jul 2006 18:51:47 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Without Roots: Europe, Relativism, Christianity, Islam ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>Without Roots: Europe, Relativism, Christianity, Islam</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br><br>Marcello Pera &amp; Joseph Ratzinger. Published 2004 (2nd edition 2005)<br><br><!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>Reviews</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br><br><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>Pope and Senator: An Exchange of Ideas on a Failing Europe</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br><br>Two aging intellectuals both try to come to grips with a world that they believe is... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sun, 16 Jul 2006 16:00:28 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ &quot;Eschatologie: Tod und ewiges Leben&quot; Regensburg 1 ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ I must first herein give a background on the warped/false-&quot;christianity&quot; of Paul Althaus, who was a German Protestant of the 1930's. He was a follower of the teaching of the philosopher Origen!<br>To co-incide and find Nazism compatible with his mode of thinking, he presummed God placed his birth in a particular nation/country, therefore distinguishing his rights and &quot;blood&quot; from others. And so, with all those of &quot;his&quot; people of Teutonic origin...with a pre-set... ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ &quot;Deus Caritas Est&quot; ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <a href="http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/encyclicals/documents/hf_ben-xvi_enc_20051225_deus-caritas-est_en.html" target=_blank>Deus Caritas Est</a>.<br><br>[Moderator's Note -- this particular thread is devoted to specific discussion of Pope Benedict's encyclical itself. Rather than posting the reactions of the media or this-or-that Catholic organization or pundit, let's focus this thread on the discussion of what it means to <i>you</i>. What did you think about it? --... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2006 22:15:07 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Behold The Pierced One ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ This book is in Ratzinger's own words, &quot;a little collection of christological meditations and reflections&quot;.  <br><br>The original German text was published in 1983 under the title &quot;<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>Schauen auf den Durchbohrten</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END-->&quot; (published by Johannes Verlag, Einsiedeln).  The English edition I am currently reading was republished in 1986 by Ignatius Press.<br><br>I have only just begun to read the book but, for me, it is comparable... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2006 10:50:54 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ &quot;The Yes of Jesus Christ&quot; ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ We all are awaiting Papa's First Encyclical this coming week. (And I before spoke of this on an earlier thread as well.)  But the subject is found also in an earlier retreat book of Our Papa's:<br>&quot;The Yes of Jesus Christ&quot;: (previously known as &quot;To Look on Christ&quot; [&quot;Aus Christus Schauen: Ein bung in Glaube,Hoffnung, Liebe&quot;] written back on Ash Wedneday 1989), reflecting upon a retreat he had with Msgnr. Guissani in the summer of '86. <br>It is only 122 pages... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2006 09:22:43 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Looks like it's finally here!<br><br><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v109/catsmeow505/Compendium.jpg"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><br><br><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>Editorial Reviews</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>Book Description<br>Catholics' hunger for the faith continues to grow. Pope Benedict XVI gives the Church the &quot;food&quot; that is seeks in the 598 questions and answers in the Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. This... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2006 19:44:53 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ The Spiritual Vision of Pope Benedict XVI (Robert Moynihan) ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ This is taken from a collection of extracts from Pope Benedict's writings, speeches and interviews by Robert Moynihan, who is the founder and editor of <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>Inside the Vatican</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END-->.  I read this piece last night,on page 89, and it just blew me away (gently, of course).<br><br><!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>Should we be afraid of God?</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br><br>&quot;I am not afraid of God because God is good.  Naturally I recognize my... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2005 03:49:42 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Ratzinger/Benedict and Charismatic Renewal ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Can anyone provide some leads on Cardinal Ratzinger/Pope Benedict's views on the Catholic Charismatic Renewal?<br><br>Thanks,<br><br>Sylvia ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2005 16:55:32 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Cardinal Ratzinger - Christmas Reflections (Circa 1979) ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ [Hello all -- I am going away over Christmas break and would like to share the following with you, parting words to remember for this Christmas season. I will likely be back on Jan. 3rd . . . to everyone in this forum (this means you) who have come together out of our love and appreciation for our Holy Father, have a Blessed Christmas and a Happy New Year. - Christopher ]<br><p><center>* * *</center><p><br><a href="http://www.artrenewal.org/asp/database/image.asp?id=1696" target=_blank><img... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2005 08:03:05 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Reading Ratzinger ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ A friend passed along the fall issue of Claremont Review of Books.  Alengthy essay by D. Vincent Twomeny looks at a broad scope of Joseph Ratzinger's body of work. I recommend it for your consideration. <br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.claremont.org/writings/crb/fall2005/twomey.html">www.claremont.org/writing...womey.html</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br>Personally, I am now reading God and the World and can hardly get through three pages before I am in tears. Thank... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2005 08:04:58 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ In the Beginning......... ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ A Catholic understanding of creation and the fall - by Joseph Ratzinger.<br><br>I have just bought this book which he did in 1986 containing 5 sermons; so am looking forward to reading his theological insights into this subject.<br><br>Louise ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2005 03:37:03 GMT</pubDate>
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