My Brother, the Pope
Recorded by Michael Hesemann
A very authentic and personal glance at the Holy Father
No one knows Pope Benedict XVI better and no one is closer to him than his brother Georg Ratzinger, former Director of Music of the Regensburger Domspatzen (Regensburg Cathedral Choir). They were ordained at the same time, and up to this day they go on holiday together and speak to each other on the phone almost daily.
Georg Ratzinger openly talks about the private life of the head of the Catholic Church: what he was like as a child and how he found his faith, how the family survived the turmoil of war, why Joseph developed a deep desire to serve the church, and how this decision finally led to him being elected pope in 2005.
The result is a touching portrait that brings the reader very close to the German pope, but at the same time gives a moving testimony of the deep relationship bet-ween the brothers Joseph and Georg Ratzinger. This close bond has strongly influenced the Holy Father's path of life and is traced with unique openness in »My Brother, the Pope«.
»This book came to life on the occasion of Georg Ratzinger's Diamond Jubilee of Priestly Ordination. It is also a kind of spiritual legacy of his sixty years of priestly service and his life's journey that he shared with his brother, the Holy Father«, says editor Michael Hesemann. The book's illustrated section also shows previously unpublished pictures from private archives.
The pope's private life
Michael Hesemann, born in 1964 in Düsseldorf, is a historian, documentary filmmaker, and as a journalist specialises in topics relating to parascience, contemporary and ecclesiastical history. His access to the inner circles of the Vatican and to archives not normally available to the public has allowed him to conduct research, the results of which have appeared in numerous books that have been translated into 14 languages to date. The author lives in Düsseldorf and Rome.
A very authentic and personal glance at the Holy Father
No one knows Pope Benedict XVI better and no one is closer to him than his brother Georg Ratzinger, former Director of Music of the Regensburger Domspatzen (Regensburg Cathedral Choir). They were ordained at the same time, and up to this day they go on holiday together and speak to each other on the phone almost daily.
Georg Ratzinger openly talks about the private life of the head of the Catholic Church: what he was like as a child and how he found his faith, how the family survived the turmoil of war, why Joseph developed a deep desire to serve the church, and how this decision finally led to him being elected pope in 2005.
The result is a touching portrait that brings the reader very close to the German pope, but at the same time gives a moving testimony of the deep relationship bet-ween the brothers Joseph and Georg Ratzinger. This close bond has strongly influenced the Holy Father's path of life and is traced with unique openness in »My Brother, the Pope«.
»This book came to life on the occasion of Georg Ratzinger's Diamond Jubilee of Priestly Ordination. It is also a kind of spiritual legacy of his sixty years of priestly service and his life's journey that he shared with his brother, the Holy Father«, says editor Michael Hesemann. The book's illustrated section also shows previously unpublished pictures from private archives.
The pope's private life
Michael Hesemann, born in 1964 in Düsseldorf, is a historian, documentary filmmaker, and as a journalist specialises in topics relating to parascience, contemporary and ecclesiastical history. His access to the inner circles of the Vatican and to archives not normally available to the public has allowed him to conduct research, the results of which have appeared in numerous books that have been translated into 14 languages to date. The author lives in Düsseldorf and Rome.
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