Last Testament

The story of the first Pope to resign in over 700 years.Pope Benedict made history when he became the first Pope in over 700 years to resign from office, stunning the Catholic Church the world ove ...

The story of the first Pope to resign in over 700 years.Pope Benedict made history when he became the first Pope in over 700 years to resign from office, stunning the Catholic Church the world over. At last, Last Testament is a stunning and frank autobiography from the shy and private man who has since remained cloistered in a former convent in the Vatican gardens. In interviews with Peter Seewald, the Pope Emeritus breaks his silence on corruption within the Vatican, clerical sex scandals, and the challenge of reforming the Papacy.In these interviews, Benedict discusses such wide-ranging cont