Pope Benedict XVI's long-awaited 400 page book Jesus of Nazareth will be released in conjunction with his eightieth birthday on April 16th.Vatican, Apr. 4, 2007 (CWNews.com) - Pope Benedict's book, Jesus of Nazareth, will be available for sale in Italy on April 16, the Pontiff's 80th birthday, the Vatican has announced.
Vatican officials will introduce the Pope's work to reporters at a Vatican press conference on April 13. The book will then be available on the following Monday in an Italian-language edition; the Vatican has not yet disclosed when the English translation will be available.
This will be the first book written by the Pope since his election in April 2005. He began the work last summer, and the work has reportedly consumed his spare time since that start. Prior to his election as Pontiff, then-Cardinal Ratzinger wrote numerous works on theology. [more]
Those of us in the English speaking world will - most regretably - have to wait a bit longer, I'm afraid. Ignatius Press says it will be available May 15th (though it is already on back order) while Amazon.com estimates my delivery date between May 24th and 26th (I ordered it back on January 4th).
For the curious among us, Jesus of Nazareth currently ranks as number 183 in their sales.
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