Former Prefect of the Papal Household, Archbishop Georg Gänswein presents a stirring defense of Catholic theology, Church tradition, and the primacy of the Catholic Faith in his much-anticipated American book debut, How the Catholic Church Can Restore Our Culture.
Gänswein also interprets what the “expanded papacy” means for the Church and explains how Pope Benedict s resignation has played a critical and necessary role in demythologizing the office of the papacy.
He offers a framework for spiritual renewal, beginning with the personal reform of priests and bishops. To save the Church, the archbishop explains, we need clerics who prioritize and epitomize the proclamation of God’s Word in their own lives and work. The “pastoral approach” of today is important, but only if it recaptures its original, evangelical dimension.
This sublime collection of Gänswein’s essays, homilies, and interviews also discusses:
- Why Pope Benedict XVI resigned
- Gänswein’s most painful day as Pope Benedict’s secretary (not the day he resigned)
- How Pope Benedict interpreted the assassination attempt of Pope John Paul II in relation to Our Lady of Fatima’s message
- Pope Benedict’s plan for desecularizing the Church
- A typical day in the life of Pope Emeritus Benedict
- What Europe can – and should – learn from the history of the Catholic Church
