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Joseph Ratzinger's Primer on Ecclesiology Interview With Ave Maria University's Father Matthew Lamb. ZENIT International News Service. June 23 / 24, 2005.
Lutheran Hailed Cardinal Ratzinger as Expert on Luther A leading Lutheran in Germany said in 1998 that Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, now Benedict XVI, was one of the few who really understood Martin Luther. ZENIT International News Service. May 5, 2005.
Encounters with a Future Pope: A Seminarian Recalls Cardinal Ratzinger's Simplicity by Brother Benjamin Cieply. ZENIT International News Service. May 1, 2005.
David Schindler on Ratzinger's Ecclesiology. "The understanding of the Church as the sacrament of Christ's love has been an abiding feature of Joseph Ratzinger's life." ZENIT International News Service. May 1, 2005.
The Cardinal who will play Kingmaker in Rome, by Stephen McGinty and Richard Grey. The Scotsman April 10, 2005.
Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, the Vatican's doctrinal gatekeeper, by Daniel J. Wakin. New York Times April 8, 2005.
Ratzinger's Mustard Seed by Spengler. Asia Times April 5, 2005.
The Pope and His Two Consuls: Joseph Ratzinger and Camillo Ruini, by Sandro Magister. "L'espresso" Chiesa News. March 30, 2005.
Could a Bavarian become Pope? Deutsche Welle February 10, 2005.
Rome's Next Choice? by Jeff Israely. Time January 2, 2005.
Ratzinger on Europe, by James V. Schall. Homiletic and Pastoral Review (January 2005).
Ratzinger for Pope Commonweal December 17, 2004 / Volume CXXXI, Number 22.
Strict Prelate Becomes Voice Of the Vatican: Traditionalist Ratzinger Seen as a Possible Pope, by Daniel Williams. Washington Post Foreign Service. November 5, 2004.
Ratzinger - Feminist?, by Sidney Callahan. CommonwealSeptember 10, 2004 / Volume CXXXI, Number 15.
The Blunt Hard-Liner at Pope John Paul's Side: Doctrine czar stands against progressives, by John Allen Jr. Los Angeles Times August 6, 2004.
Ratzinger-Kerry, Act II. The Well-Tempered Controversy, by Sandro Magister. "L'espresso" Chiesa News. July 13, 2004. "The prefect of the Holy Office douses the flames. His ´No´ to communion for pro-abortion Catholic politicians is "very much in harmony," he writes, with the ´Yes´ of most of the U.S. bishops. But the rigorists are holding firm."
Disputed Questions – Like Salvation Outside of the Church by Sandro Magister. "L'espresso" Chiesa News. July 7, 2003. "An analysis of one of the most controversial points of John Paul II's pontificate," including Ratzinger's criticism of Assisi 1986 and the rationale for the publication of Dominis Iesus."
The Kerry Affair: What Ratzinger Wanted from the American Bishops, by Sandro Magister. "L'espresso" Chiesa News. July 3, 2004.
Reading Genesis with Cardinal Ratzinger by Nicanor Pier Giorgio Austriaco. Homiletic & Pastoral Review December 2003.
Ratzinger and Martini, shapers of the debate, about to leave center stage of this papacy, by John Allen Jr. "Word from Rome" National Catholic Reporter September 4, 2001.
Dominus Iesus and Catholic Magisterial Teaching on Jews and Judaism, by Phillip A. Cunningham. Center for Christian-Jewish Learning at Boston College
On Dominus Iesus and the Jews, by Rabbi David Berger. Rabbinical Council of America. Delivered at the 17th meeting of the International Catholic-Jewish Liaison Committee, New York, May 1, 2001.
Cardinal Ratzinger on Liturgical Music, by Michael J. Miller. Summary of three articles by Cardinal Ratzinger on liturgical music which appeared in German journals during the years 1986-1994 and were reprinted in English as part of the anthology, A New Song for the Lord: Faith in Christ and Liturgy Today. Homiletic & Pastoral Review pp. 13-22. (July 2000).
The Vatican's Enforcer, by John Allen Jr. National Catholic Reporter April 16, 1999.
Church as "Mystery" or "People of God" Cardinal Ratzinger Against Much Post-Conciliar Theology on Church. ZENIT International News Agency. July 26, 1999.
Joseph Ratzinger: Christ's Donkey, by Richard J. Neuhaus. "The Public Square" First Things January 1999.
Cardinal Recollections, by John J. Hughes. An article about the early life of Cardinal Ratzinger. Our Sunday Visitor pp. 6-7. (November 8, 1998). Digitally provided courtesy of CatholicCulture.org.
Cardinal Ratzinger Blames Church Crisis on Liturgical Collapse The Wanderer May 8, 2007. Digitally provided courtesy of CatholicCulture.org.
On Understanding Contemporary Intellectual Movements: Ratzinger and the Modern Mind [Word Document], by James V. Schall, S. J. Homiletic and Pastoral Review, XCVIII (October, 1997), 6-14.