JESUS OF NAZARETH HOLY WEEK: FROM THE ENTRANCE IN JERUSALEM TO THE RESURRECTION

What happened during the final week of Jesus of Nazareth's earthly life? How did the man whom many hailed as the Messiah on Palm Sunday come to be rejected by the leaders of his own people just a few days later? Was he a political revolutionary? Who was respon­sible for his death — the Romans or the Jewish authorities ... or both? How did Jesus view his suffering and death? How should we? And most importantly, did Jesus really rise from the dead? In Jesus of Nazareth: Holy Week – From the Entrance Into Jerusalem to the Resurrection, Pope Benedict XVI takes up these and other crucial questions. He dares readers to grapple with the meaning of Jesus' life, teaching, death, and resurrection. READ MORE OR ORDER


Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, Pope Benedict XVI, was born at Marktl am Inn, Diocese of Passau (Germany), on Holy Saturday, April 16, 1927. He was baptized on the same day. He received his priestly ordination on June 29, 1951. He became Archbishop of Munich and Freising in 1977, and Pope Paul VI made him a cardinal in June of that same year. The Venerable Pope John Paul II approved Cardinal Ratzinger's election as Dean of the College of Cardinals in 2002. As such, he presided over John Paul II's funeral ceremonies in 2005, and convened the conclave to elect his successor 10 days later. The College of Cardinals elected him the 265th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church on April 19, 2005. READ MORE