Pope Benedict XVI His Life and Mission Author:Stephen Mansfield A New York Times Bestselling Author The election of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger to the papacy shocks some and delights others. He is both an ardent intellectual and a driven traditionalist charged with leading a divided Catholic Church into a new era. Here Stephen Mansfield (The Faith of George W. Bush) tells the story of a youth wh... more »o grew up in Nazi Germany and went from being a liberal theologian associated with Vatican II to a theological conservative who became Pope John Paul's closest ally.« less