BENEDICT XVI: NEWS, PAPAL TEXTS, PHOTOS AND COMMENTARY

HAPPY HAPPY JOY JOY !!!!!!

I can NOT wait for that book, plus JON => my winter is saved!!!

Considering that, due to the beauty and compexity of J. Ratzinger's writing style, I'll get to read JON three times and still find new elements each time!!

Wunderbar!!






The first thought that came to my mind was "What a BRILLIANT way for him to be able to personally answer all the attacks, criticisms and reproaches that have been levelled at him in the past five years!" DEO GRATIAS....

Another article also explains indirectly why he decided to do the interview with Peter Seewald although Vittorio Messori requested him for one last year. Since he can speak to Seewald directly in German, it would cut down the time to publication, compared to doing the interview with Messori in Italian, which would then have to be translated to German and which the Pope would need to review both times before publication. In other words, this Pope whom media types like John Allen continually denigrate as 'not media-savvy' is way ahead of them and striking while the iron is hot!!! [True, John Paul II did an interview book with Messori, but he did not have the kinD of blistering and unrelenting media campaign Benedict XVI has been going through. Also, that boOk was inspired by the success of Messori's 1984 interview book with Cardinal Ratzinger.]

TERESA