For For any reader who wants to hear a sitting pope answer hard questions; an interview, easy to read.
Should I read this?
For the general reader
4 of 5strongly recommended
For the researcher
3 of 5worth your time
Difficulty
1 of 5light
His third interview with Peter Seewald, the first as pope: the papacy, the Church and the world.
How it proceeds
Philosophic2 of 5
Scriptural2 of 5
Experiential2 of 5
Sociological4 of 5
Historical3 of 5
Independent intensities, 0–5 — what the work is made of, not how good it is.
The third book-length interview with Peter Seewald, and the first given by Ratzinger as pope, published by Herder in Freiburg in 2010. It covers his papacy and the state of the Church and the world. The English translation, Light of the World: The Pope, the Church, and the Signs of the Times, was published by Ignatius Press in 2010.
