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Papa Ratzi.(God's Choice: Pope Benedict XVI and the Future of the Catholic Church)(Book review)

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George Weigel

God's Choice: Pope Benedict XVI

and the Future of the Catholic Church.

HarperCollins, 320 pages, $26.95

For a few weeks last April, Rome was once again the center of the world. Day by day the news from the Holy See was disseminated urbi et orbi, and the global media had no choice but to tune in. The death and funeral of Pope John Paul II, followed by the election of his successor, Benedict XVI, have changed the Catholic Church and its place in the world.

The global media, which had waited long and prepared thoroughly for the death of the aged pontiff, was still taken by surprise by the unexpected scale and ...

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