Benedict XVI: His Life and Thought Empathy Martin provides personal stories from

Martin provides personal stories from his own life

Desert Wanderings

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hand-carved in olive wood and designed for devotional use in churches

Benedict XVI: His Life and Thought Empathy Martin provides personal stories fromIn these pages Benedict XVI shares his reasons for retiring from the papacy in 2013 in an interview with the author. Many saw his astonishing retirement as a sign of the Church's decline, but he intended it as a seed sown in the hope of bringing the Church a younger, more vigorous leadership in the face of daunting challenges. Among those challenges are the financial and sexual scandals that continue to undermine the Church's mission. When Ratzinger