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Christine M. Fletcher is Associate Professor of Theology at Benedictine University, Lisle, Illinois. She is the author of numerous articles on the ethics of work and on Dorothy L. Sayers.

In this biography you will get to know the man who became pope: a street priest at heart with a deep love for people and a pastor's touch. He teaches in word an d deed the truths of the Church and God's merciful love.

Pope Benedict XVI considered prayer such an important topic that he devoted nearly a year to it in his Wednesday audiences. Those talks have been gathered into one volume: Prayer. Here, the Holy Father, in his deeply theological yet approachable manner, guides us through the many questions to find answers that ultimately draw us closer to God through Christ in prayer.

In the words, the ideas, and the personal recollections of Pope Francis--including material up to the final hours before his election--the most highly regarded Vatican observer on the international scene reveals the personality of this man of God, gentle and humble. Catholics and others eager to know all they can about Pope Francis will learn a great deal from Andrea Tornielli's first-person account.

Prayer is essential to the life of faith. In this superb book, based on Pope Benedict's weekly teaching, he examines the foundational principles of the life of prayer. Believers of various backgrounds and experience in prayer-from beginners to spiritually advanced-will be enriched by this spiritual masterpiece.