The Ratzinger Report () is a 1985 book consisting of a series of interviews collected over several days given by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger to the Italian journalist Vittorio Messori. The book focuses on the state of the Roman Catholic Church after the Second Vatican Council. The book is very critical of the "hermeneutic of rupture" associated with the liberal "spirit of Vatican II" within the Church. It has often been reread in the context of the papacy of Pope Benedict XVI in order to better understand the mind and the thinking of the former pontiff.
Topics
The true Spirit and letter of Vatican II
The Church as God's Church, not the laity Church
The nature of the priesthood
The papacy, the episcopacy, and the role of bishops' conferences. Liberalism, relativism and the permissiveness of modern society The role of women Six reasons not to forget the Blessed Virgin Mary Spirituality for today The dignity of the liturgy, the eucharist as the heart of faith, and the difference between solemnity and triumphalism The devil, the angels, purgatory, and limbo Ecumenism and Christian unity Liberation theology, Marxism and capitalism Evangelization and why Jesus is the only Savior
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External links
The Ratzinger Report (Google Books) The Ratzinger Report (Ignatius Press)