Benedict XVI: The Rise of Benedict XVI: The Inside Story of How the Pope Was Elected and Where He Will Take the Catholic Church.(Pope Benedict XVI: A Personal Portrait)(Brief article)(Book review)

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Benedict XVI The Rise of Benedict XVI: The Inside Story of How the Pope Was Elected and Where He Will Take the Catholic Church. John L. Allen, Jr. New York: Doubleday, 2005. 249 pp. $19.95.

Pope Benedict XVI: A Personal Portrait. Heinz-Joachim Fischer. Trans. Brian McNeil. New York: Crossroad, 2005. 217 pp. $19.95.

"Allen's book is one of a flood of slim, semi-biographical studies, most recycling the same meagre material on Ratzinger's uneventful career. 'Odd,' a non-Catholic colleague remarked to me. 'So many lives of a man who's never really had one!' Heinz-Joachim ...

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