The much awaited and revelatory account of Benedict XVI's papacy, told in his own words
Pope Benedict served as pope of the Catholic Church from 2005 to 2013. He was elected Pope on 19 April 2005, and resigned from the office on 28th February 2013. This is his final book.
To my mind this is the most sincere interview which Benedict XVI
has given. It covers a variety of topics: from when and why the
future pope played with a doll at seminary, through how he met
Romano Guardini, the Italian-born German Catholic priest ... and
why he needed humiliation when he failed with his academic
dissertation, to finally why and when he decided to resign from the
Cathedra Petri ... It is gripping from the very beginning ... An
exquisite conversation between two people who know each other, like
each other, and have mutual respect for one another ... A fantastic
book which should not be overlooked by any open-minded Catholic who
wishes to learn from our great tradition but also wants to progress
with the Church.
*Catholic Times*
The most revealing book yet on Benedict XVI ... Seewald has
gathered in perhaps the finest harvest yet. For more than a decade
I have read everything I can about Benedict XVI, but I was amazed
by the revelations in this new book.
*Catholic Herald*
For students of Benedict’s theology, and of the history of the
Catholic Church in the second half of the 20th century, this will
doubtless be an invaluable book.
*Daily Telegraph*
Joseph Ratzinger has certainly been a great theologian ... Last
Testament [is] revealing about who this underrated man really is
... He bears comparison with the greatest doctors of the Church
*Prospect*
Throughout there are moments of breathtaking candor, as when [Pope
Benedict XVI] reveals that it felt like "a guillotine" when he
learned the outcome of the cardinals' ballots that elected him pope
in 2005. Even in passages without such striking revelations, it's
stunning to realize you're reading the inner thoughts – and
confessions – of a former pope now speaking without the weight of
that papal mantle ... The portrait here is one that deepens and
defends the place of Benedict in history
*Chicago Tribune*
A beautiful portrait of a brilliant and incisive thinker and a holy
and contemplative disciple of Christ
*Christian Review*
I can’t begin to describe the influence that the writings of Joseph
Ratzinger have had on me ... but suffice it to say that this
beautiful and compelling book may well be the final gem in the
crown of his work that we’ve all been waiting for
*Catholic World Report*
A document of the friendship between these two men from the land of
the Reformation, the German former agnostic and the German pope
emeritus. The relationship reveals an essential fact about the
personality and intentions of Pope Benedict XVI: his commitment to
conversing with the doubter in this age of skepticism, to speak in
the language of the world ... This book does deepen our sense of
the personality, gentleness, humor, and subtlety of the pope
emeritus.
*John Waters, First Things*
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