Articles, Essays and Prefaces by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger

• In Search of Freedom; Against Reason Fallen Ill and Religion Abused, on the 60th anniversary of the Allied landing in Normandy. It was initially published in the German daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and was translated from the German by Jeffrey Craig Miller. Logos Vol. 4, Issue 2 (Spring 2005).
  
• Versus Deum per Iesum Christum. Preface for Uwe Michael Lang's book Conversi ad Dominum. Zu Gechichte und Theologie der christlichen Gebetsrichtung, published last year in Switzerland by Johannes Verlag in Einsiedeln. The English version (Turning towards the Lord: Orientation in Liturgical Prayer) is available from Ignatius Press.
  
• Organic Development in the Liturgy [Book Review]. A review of the recent book by Alcuin Reid, OSB. [For more information about the book, click here].
  
• "The Resurrection of Jesus: An event that preceded their thinking and willing". Introduction to the new edition of Heinrich Schlier's book on the resurrection of Jesus Christ, to be published by the Italian monthly 30Days, in collaboration with the Morcelliana publishing house.
  
• Introduction to the Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church March 20, 2005.
  
• Introduction to Christianity: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow Communio: International Review Vol. 31, no. 3 (2004): 481–495. [PDF].
  
• Relationship between Magisterium and exegetes. On the 100th anniversary of the Pontifical Biblical Commission. May 10, 2003.
  
• Thoughts on the Place of Marian Doctrine and Piety in Faith and Theology as a Whole Communio: International Review. Vol. 30, no. 1 (2003): 147-160. [PDF]
  
• Foreword to U.M. Lang's Turning Towards the Lord: Orientation in Liturgical Prayer. Rome, Laetare Sunday 2003.
  
• Letting God Work: An article by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger on the occasion of the canonization of Josemarìa Escrivà. Osservatore Romano (special supplement) 06 October 2002.
  
• The Splendour of the Peace of Francis, 30 Days. No. 1, January 2002.
  
• The Heritage of Abraham: The Gift of Christmas. Published in L'Osservatore Romano 29 December, 2000.
  
• Unity of the Church's Mission Involves Diversity of Ministries. L'Osservatore Romano April 29, 1998. The sixth in a series of Reflections on the Instruction regarding the collaboration of the lay faithful in the ministry of priests.
  
• The Ministry and Life of Priests Homiletic & Pastoral Review August-September 1997.
  
• Guardini on Christ in our Century, book review of Guardini's The Lord. Crisis Magazine, June 1996.
  
• Truth and Freedom, reprinted from Communio: International Catholic Review (Spring, 1996).
  
• Concerning the Reply of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith on the Teaching Contained in the Apostolic Letter "Ordinatio Sacerdotalis". Letter from Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger dated October 28, 1995.
  
• The Theological Locus of Ecclesial Movements. Communio: International Review 25, no. 3 (1998): 480-504.
  
• The Holy Spirit as Communio: Concerning the Relationship of Pneumatology and Spirituality in Augustine. Communio: International Review, Vol. 25, no. 2 (1998): 324-339 RT. [PDF]
  
• Interreligious Dialogue and Jewish-Christian Relations Communio: International Review. Vol. 25, no. 1 (1998): 29-41. [PDF]
  
• Communio: A Program. Communio: International Review Vol. 19, no. 3 (1992), 436-49.

SPECIAL COMPILATION: Complete list of articles by Cardinal Ratzinger published in Communio

• "Funeral Homily for Msgr. Luigi Giussani" 31, no. 4 (2004): 685–687. [PDF]
  
• Introduction to Christianity: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow 31, no. 3 (2004): 481–495. [PDF].
  
• Thoughts on the Place of Marian Doctrine and Piety in Faith and Theology as a Whole 30, no. 1 (2003): 147-160. [PDF]
  
• The Theological Locus of Ecclesial Movements. 25, no. 3 (1998): 480-504. [PDF]
  
• Interreligious Dialogue and Jewish-Christian Relations 25, no. 1 (1998): 29-41. [PDF]
  
• The Holy Spirit as Communio: Concerning the Relationship of Pneumatology and Spirituality in Augustine. 25, no. 2 (1998): 324-339 RT. [PDF]
  
• "Truth and Freedom." 23, no. 1 (1996): 16-35.
  
• "The New Covenant: A Theology of Covenant in the New Testament." 22, no. 4 (1995): 635-51.
  
• "Christian Universalism: On Two Collections of Papers by Hans Urs von Balthasar." 22, no. 3 (1995): 545-57 RT.
  
• "God in Pope John Paul II's Crossing the Threshold of Hope." 22, no. 1 (1995): 107-12.
  
• "Christian Faith as 'the Way': An Introduction to Veritatis Splendor." 21, no. 2 (1994): 199-207.
  
• "The Meaning of Sunday." 21, no. 1 (1994): 5-26.
  
• "The Catechism of the Catholic Church and the Optimism of the Redeemed." 20, no. 3 (1993): 469-84.
  
• "Conscience in Time." 19, no. 4 (1992): 647-57 RT.
  
• Communio: A Program. 19, no. 3 (1992), 436-49. [PDF]
  
• "Biblical Foundations of Priesthood." 17, no. 4 (1990): 617-27 NC.
  
• "Concerning the Notion of Person in Theology." 17, no. 3 (1990): 439-54 RT.
  
• "Jesus Christ Today." 17, no. 1 (1990): 68-87.
  
• "Peace and Justice in Crisis: The Task of Religion." 16, no. 4 (1989): 540-51.
  
• "Man Between Reproduction and Creation." 16, no. 2 (1989): 197-211.
  
• "'You are Full of Grace': Elements of Biblical Devotion to Mary." 16, no. 1 (1989): 54-68.
  
• "Homily at the Funeral Liturgy for Hans Urs von Balthasar." 15, no. 4 (1988): 512-16 NC.
  
• "Cardinal Frings's Speeches During the Second Vatican Council: Apropos of A. Muggeridge's The Desolate City." 15, no. 1 (1988): 131-47 NC.
  
• "Freedom and Liberation: The Anthropological Vision of the Instruction Libertatis Conscientia." 14, no. 1 (1987): 55-72.
  
• "Liturgy and Sacred Music." 13, no. 4 (1986): 377-91 NC.
  
• "Church and Economy" 13, no. 3 (1986): 199-204.
  
• "Interpretation-Contemplation-Action." 13, no. 2 (1986): 139-55.
  
• "On Hope." 12, no. 1 (1985): 71-84.
  
• "Faith, Philosophy and Theology." 11, no. 4 (1984): 350-63.
  
• "Luther and the Unity of the Churches: An Interview with Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger" 11, no. 3 (1984): 210-26.
  
• "Problems in Catechesis Today: An Interview with Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger." 11, no. 2 (1984): 145-56.
  
• "Sources and Transmission of the Faith." 10, no. 1 (1983): 17-34.
  
• "Technological Security as a Problem of Social Ethics." 5, no. 3 (1982): 238-46.
  
• "The Church and Scientific Theology." 7, no. 4 (1980): 332-42.
  
• "What Unites and Divides Denominations? Ecumenical Reflections" (1972) [PDF]