The Ratzinger Report

Author: Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger

Published by: Ignatius Press, 1987

Description: A Cardinal and a layman meeting in the Tyrlean Alps for an interview of several days. Ratzinger responded with extreme candor to Messori's many questions- including the most controversial. It is the longest and most complete interview with a head of a Congregation whose name has been linked for centuries with mystery and secrecy. Here is the complete text of a meeting many have called a "historical turnabout" in the church. The roots of the crisis that has troubled Catholics in the twenty years since the council are analyzed with forthright clarity by one of the most authoritative voices in the Vatican. Here is a clear and uncompromising report on the dangers that threaten the Faith, from one who everyday receives the most reliable information from every continent. Yet Ratzinger's observations are as hopeful and balanced as they are clear-sighted, forcefully re-affirming the immense and positive work of Vatican II, whose genuine fruits this book provide a guideline for achievement.