Called to Communion: Understanding the Church Today

This is a book of wisdom and insight that explains how providential are the trials through which the Catholic Church is now passing. The need of the Papal Primacy to ensure Christian unity; the true meaning of the Priesthood as a sacrament and not a mere ministry; the necessity of the Eucharist as the Sacrifice of the Savior now offering Himself on our altars; the role of the Bishops as successors of the Apostles, united with the successor of St. Peter, the Bishop of Rome; the value of suffering in union with Christ crucified; the indispensable service of the laity in the apostolate - all these themes receive from Cardinal Ratzinger new clarity and depth.

Author: Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger

Publisher: Ignatius Press

Publication Date: March 01, 1996

Number of Pages: 165 pages

Language: English

Binding: Paperback

ISBN-10: 0898705789

ISBN-13: 9780898705782