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Index
Cover Page
Title Page
Table of Contents
Preface
Part One
Chapter One
THE FINAL DAYS
TAKING STOCK
Part Two
Chapter Two
BACKGROUND: GRUMBLING ABOUT A POPE AD EXTRA
LYING IN STATE
THE FUNERAL
THE HOMILY
THE IMPACT
A RATZINGER BOOST
Chapter Three
THE PRESS BLACKOUT
COMPLEXITY THAT PRODUCED SIMPLICITY
ISSUES
THE RATZINGER SOLUTION
PUBLIC PERFORMANCES
PRIVATE PERFORMANCES
NEGATIVE CAMPAIGNING
BEHIND CLOSED DOORS
THE OPPOSITION
Chapter Four
THE PROCESSION
INSIDE THE SISTINE CHAPEL
A POPE IN FOUR BALLOTS
“HABEMUS PAPAM”
WHY RATZINGER WON
REACTION
THE EXPECTATIONS GAME
FIRST MOVES
A BROADER MANDATE
Part Three
Chapter Five
CHILDHOOD
NATIONAL SOCIALISM
RATZINGER THE THEOLOGIAN
ARCHBISHOP OF MUNICH
RATZINGER IN THE VATICAN
A FINAL CASUALTY
A COMPLEX MAN
Chapter Six
TWO CAUTIONS
WHY “BENEDICT”?
“THE GRAVEST PROBLEM OF OUR TIME”
BRINGING DOWN THE “DICTATORSHIP OF RELATIVISM”
EUROPE
THE UNITED STATES
THE AMERICAN CHURCH
Chapter Seven
POPE BENEDICT AND BUREAUCRACIES
CURIAL REFORM
APPOINTMENT OF BISHOPS
BISHOPS’ CONFERENCES
ECCLESIASTICAL INSTITUTIONS
THE SEXUAL ABUSE CRISIS
CULTURE SHOCK
Chapter Eight
A POPE OF SURPRISES
CHALLENGES
SUMMARY
Photo Insert
About the Author
Copyright Page
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