Pope Benedict XVI receives his book Light of the World: The Pope, the Church, and the Sign of the Times from its writer, German Catholic journalist Peter Seewald, during a 2010 meeting at the Vatican. Photos: CNS Peter Seewald’s extensive biography gives invaluable insight into Benedict XVI’s life, writes Ruadhán Jones “His resignation, and not just his resignation, showed anyone saying that this pope was ‘conservative’ how nonsensical that reductionist label was,” writes Peter Seewald in the second volume of his monumental biography of Pope-emeritus Benedict XVI. Although this comment comes in…
