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Bible Boom: Why Are People Buying So Many Bibles?

Dec 5, 2024

As recently reported by the Wall Street Journal, Bible sales rose 22% in the U.S. through the end of October 2024 compared with the same period last year.

Pope Benedict XVI greets pilgrims during his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Oct. 26, 2006. / Credit: giulio napolitano/Shutterstock

Word on Fire to Publish Pope Benedict XVI’s Collected Works in English

Oct 25, 2024

Bishop Robert Barron’s media company Word on Fire plans to publish in English more than two dozen volumes of the collected works of Joseph Ratzinger.

Pope Benedict XVI on April 21, 2007, in Vigevano, Italy. | Credit: miqu77/Shutterstock

4 Kernels of Wisdom from Pope Benedict XVI’s Last Message to the World

Dec 31, 2023

On the first anniversary of the former pope's death, we look at his final work, “What Is Christianity? The Last Writings,” published by Ignatius Press.

Late Pope Benedict XVI’s “lost lectures” on God, Creation, Humanity Collected in New Book

Feb 19, 2023

Six lectures of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger were almost lost forever. But now, they have been collected in a new Ignatius Press book.

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A Ratzinger Reader: 5 Books to Help You Encounter Pope Benedict XVI

Jan 5, 2023

Pope Benedict XVI — especially during his extraordinary career and ministry as a theologian and professor — was not only one of the towering intellects in global Catholicism but also one of the most prolific. 

Benedict XVI: Thinker, Preacher, Saint? Scholars and Former Students Discuss Legacy

Jan 1, 2023

The death of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI prompted his former students and other Catholic scholars to reflect on his importance for the Catholic Church as a theologian, a scholar, and a preacher. Some even raised the prospect of the late pontiff’s canonization and recognition as a doctor of the Church.