[Notwithstanding]

If you love B16, you will love this new biography:

Highlighting a little-known personal side of Joseph Ratzinger, Pope Benedict XVI, this book places him in the context of his homeland, Bavaria - a place which the author, Brennan Pursell, has come to know well through extensive travel and study over the last twelve years. Explore the extraordinary brilliance of Pope Benedict's mind and the universality of his vocation within the context of his identity as a simple son of his beloved homeland, Bavaria. Includes color photos and a rare look at a day in the life of the Pope.

Hardcover w/dustjacket, 240 pp

ISBN 1-933271-17-5

http://www.amazon.com/Benedict-Bavaria-Intimate-Portrait-Homeland/dp/1933271175

[NYer]

Thank you so much for posting this information! I have been agonizing over what to buy my father for his birthday. His parents immigrated from Germany - and this looks like one book he would truly enjoy. Thank you!

[ELS]

That book looks very interesting. Have you seen this one?

Pope Benedict XVI: Servant of the Truth by Peter Seewald
From the description:

This book, written mainly by Seewald, describes the paths of Joseph Ratzinger’s life from his birthplace in Bavaria all the way to being the first German Pope in 482 years. It is lavishly illustrated with a collection of over 150 of some of the most personal, and most surprising, photographs. These show the Pope as he really is: “a humble servant in the vineyard of the Lord”.