PAPA BENEDICT/RATZINGER BOOKS AT THE LIBRARY

The local library has come up with one of the Ratzinger books I ordered ages ago....obtained on an inter-library loan.

Are YOU HELPING with the campaign to get more access to the works of Ratzinger via your local library?

If you aren't, then you are simply part of the problem. It's fairly difficult to obtain Cardinal Ratzinger's works at an ordinary local library in Britain. BUT YOU COULD HELP TO MAKE IT MUCH EASIER by simply going in and ordering a couple of them. Ask for "A New Song for the Lord" or "Truth and Tolerance" or "Called to Communion."

You could also ask for Peter Sewald's "God and the World" and "Salt of the Earth", which are both immensely readable paperbacks that take the form of interviews with the then Cardinal Ratzinger.

All of these books are published by Ignatius Press, USA, and available from Family Publications, King Street. Jericho, Oxford. But the point is that we can't all afford to buy the books we want, which is why we have a public library system in Britain. For the price of £1.50p (or nothing, if you are a pensioner, or a full-time student) you can specifically request any book. If it is relatively obscure, they may obtain it on an inter-library loan. But if it is a reasonably popular book, they will buy a copy and it will be placed permanently on the shelves.

Get the idea? Good. Then please join in.