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Ratzinger’s Favorite Author You’ve Never Heard Of

Ratzinger’s Favorite Author You’ve Never Heard Of

Ave Maria in the Afternoon Segments

November 26, 202521m 59s

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Show Notes

Ida Gorres was a German Catholic author whose work has largely been lost to history. But in mid-20th-century Europe, she was one of the Church’s most insightful and courageous writers, and then-Fr. Joseph Ratzinger said she wrote “with an insightful certainty and fearlessness about the pressing questions of the Church today.” We get to know her with Jennifer Bryson.

Further Reading

Book: Bread Grows in Winter

Jennifer’s website

Guest Info



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