"In my vocation, I belong to the whole world, but my heart beats Bavarian." - Pope Benedict XVI
Benedict of Bavaria (Circle Press, 2008) is the first book to examine how the culture of the pope's homeland, Bavaria, influenced his life, character, and thought. Author Brennan Pursell, Ph.D., who is fluent in German and has visited Bavaria frequently over the last twelve years, collected memories and anecdotes of people who knew Joseph Ratzinger, as well as examined a host of German articles and books about the pope's early life that have never been translated into English.
