edited by John F. Thornton and Susan B. Varenne ; introduction by D. Vincent Twomey.
New York :
HarperCollins e-books,
2008.
1 online resource.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction to Christianity -- Homily at John Paul II's Funeral Mass -- Homily at the Mass for the election of the Roman Pontiff -- First homily of His Holiness Benedict XVI at the end of the Eucharistic Concelebration with the Cardinal Electors in the Sistine Chapel -- Homily of His Holiness Benedict XVI at the Mass of Inauguration of His Pontificate -- Message on the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Pontificate of Pope John Paul II from the College of Cardinals -- Address of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger to Pope John Paul II at a concert offered by the Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk Orchestra on the twenty-fifth anniversary of his Pontificate -- The Assisi day of prayer -- The feeling of things, the contemplation of beauty -- Guardini on Christ in our century -- Christ the Liberator -- At the root of the crisis -- Eucharist, communion, and solidarity -- The ecclesiology of the Constitution on the church : Lumen Gentium -- The local church and the universal church -- The Canon of criticism -- The basic of Christian brotherhood : faith -- Theology of the liturgy -- On the theological basis of prayer and liturgy -- The Regensburg tradition and the reform of the liturgy -- Music and liturgy -- Sacred places -- The beginning of the Council and the transfer to Münster -- On the meaning of faith -- Liberation theology -- Relativism : the central problem for faith today -- Biblical interpretation in crisis -- Sin and salvation -- Meditation on the priesthood -- The place of Mariology in the bible -- The nature of the priesthood -- The ministry and life of priests -- The Sacrament of Reconciliation -- Europe's crisis of culture -- Truth and freedom -- The church's teaching -- Culture and truth : some reflections on the encyclical letter Fides et Ratio -- Crises of law -- The problem of threats to human life -- Deus Caritas Est (God is Love).