The text for the second volume of the book JESUS OF NAZARETH by His Holiness Benedict XVI was recently given to the publishers for publication. This second volume is dedicated to the Passion and Resurrection of Christ, and picks up where Volume 1 left off. The text, written in German, was handed at the same time to Manuel Herder, the publisher of the 'Complete Works' of Joseph Ratzinger and to Fr. Giuseppe Costa, director of the Vatican publishing house LEV (Libreria Editrice Vaticana). LEV, as the principal publisher, will grant the rights to publish the Italian edition and to other publishers for translations into other languages which shall be made directly from the German original. It is hoped that the publication of this book will take place simultaneously in the major languages, but even if done expeditiously, this will take several months because of the time required for a careful and accurate translation of a text that is so important and much awaited.