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The Curt Jester: Questions and Answers

Jeff Miller who writes the blog, The Curt Jester , has written an unsolicited review of the book, Questions and Answers by Pope Benedict XVI (Our Sunday Visitor). Here is a short take on his thoughts: I just finished Questions and Answers by Pope Benedict XVI put out by Our Sunday Visitor which is a collection of various question and answer sessions from various audiences that includes sessions with children, youth, and clergy at multiple locations. This is a very worthwhile collection and with the amount of these type sessions I am sure we will see more of these books in the future. Pope Benedict XVI really opens himself up to these types of sessions which I think for the most part is quite unique in the history of the Church. The questions themselves are interesting, but it is the way the pope answers these questions in his own style that is quite remarkable. Reading through his sometimes lengthy answers you would think he had days to work on responses to questions put before him a