The second volume of Peter Seewald's magisterial life of Pope Benedict covers the period from the Second Vatican Council (1965-68) to the present day. Emeritus Pope Benedict commands both adulation and unremitting criticism. In this second volume of Peter Seewald's authoritative biography, the story runs from the Second Vatican Council (1965-68) that shaped Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger's conservative ideas about the role of the Catholic Church,...