Review of John Allen’s Book on the Rise of Benedict XVI

LONDON, June 24, 2005 (thetablet.co.uk): This week The Tablet reviews the recent book by John Allen Jr The Rise of Benedict XVI; the inside story of how the Pope was elected and where he will take the Catholic Church .”… the attempt to answer the two questions posed in the subtitle – is required reading for anyone who wants to understand the meaning of the extraordinary sequence of events that unfolded in Rome in April of this year.”

Tablet (London)