At National Catholic Register the intrepid Ed Pentin has posted at there is a 30 minute video documentary in German about Pope Benedict XVI’s life in the Vatican Gardens. It aired on German TV on 3 January. HERE
It is in German, of course.
It is quite beautiful and respectful. There are quite a few images from inside his present residence in the Vatican Garden and a good deal of information about his youth.
Your use of my Amazon link is a major part of my income. It helps to pay for insurance, groceries, everything. Please remember me when shopping online. Thanks in advance.
Try AmazonFresh Free Trial
Shop Amazon Gold Box - New Deals. Everyday
Shop Amazon Gift Cards - Instant Delivery or Free One-Day Shipping
Try Prime Discounted Monthly Offering
And you do need a Kindle! - HERE
Kindle Unlimited Membership Plans
Coat of Arms by D Burkart
A Daily Prayer for Priests
Nota bene: I do not answer these numbers or this Skype address. You won't get me "live". I check for messages regularly.
WDTPRS
020 8133 4535
651-447-6265
on Part of this evening’s play listFr. Z for the Irish in you: Whistling Gypsy Rover by The Clancy Brothers Slainte! 
on HOLY SMOKE!WVC, I'm totally with you. My 70-year-old brother has cancer, because of which he has no immune system left. He...
on Part of this evening’s play listGreat playlist! Have you heard Johnny Cash's version of "I won't back down"? 
on ASK FATHER: Priest says “I absolve you from ALL your sins”. Invalid?I think part of the problem was the prevalent influence of Karl Rahner's dreadful notion about sacraments celebrating already existing...
on HOLY SMOKE!Every good priest should be preparing, but many including the laity don't really know what's going on with all the...
on LIGHTER FARE… unless you are a Dem"No Stairway!...denied!" A 17 minute solo is time enough for: Queen's Trumpian Rhapsody Stevie Ray Vaughan's The Libs Are Crying...
on Archbp. Marcel Lefebvre remains translated and VIDEO of Pontifical MassFather Z, I have heart it argued that the Archbishop could not have died excommunicated given that he received last... on ‘c’atholic Pelosi with Sr. Simone trashes the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast and AG BarrFr. Richard John Neuhaus at the 2007 National Catholic Prayer Breakfast (h/t LifeSite News): “Remember this: the greatest moral, political,...
on @MassimoFaggioli attacks Judge Amy Coney Barrett and has his “beans” handed back to himThanks for this Fr Z - I will check out the linked responses to Beans' article. I had already read... on ASK FATHER: Priest says “I absolve you from ALL your sins”. Invalid?@ Anita Moore O.P. Is the Archbishop being vindicated yet again? Yes indeed he is! on ASK FATHER: Priest says “I absolve you from ALL your sins”. Invalid?A great article Fr Z, with an important message. Although I attend the traditional mass nowadays, I sometimes visit 'modern'...
on LIGHTER FARE… unless you are a DemI don't know. The upcoming first debate (if it actually happens) might be even more entertaining. on HOLY SMOKE!The problem with "going underground" is that I'm not sure there are any bishops who would support such things. Many... on ‘c’atholic Pelosi with Sr. Simone trashes the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast and AG BarrIn his remarks at the Prayer Breakfast Pres. Trump announced he will sign the Born Alive Executive Order, and quoted...
on HUGE! Now Card. Becciu not just resigned, but sackedOne odd note, the official English edition of the Bollettino has still not published the notice (as of Saturday afternoon,...
on ASK FATHER: Priest says “I absolve you from ALL your sins”. Invalid?Didn’t Archbishop Lefebvre found the SSPX precisely because he feared the bad fruits of departing from tradition in the formation...
on Wherein Fr. Z is proud of you readers who helped this monastic vocation.Praised be Jesus Christ! Our Lord, protect our clergy. on @MassimoFaggioli attacks Judge Amy Coney Barrett and has his “beans” handed back to himMethinks that Senor Faggioli wants to be a witness at a nationally televised senate hearing. 
My "challenge coin" for my 25th anniversary of ordination in 2016.
Want one? I do exchanges with military and LEOs, etc. and you can make a donation.
Loading ...If you travel internationally, this is a super useful gizmo for your mobile internet data. I use one. If you get one through my link, I get data rewards.
Loading ...
They find you a pro-life agent in your area who commits to giving a portion of the fee to a pro-life group!
Help Monks in Wyoming (coffee – UPDATED LINK) and Norcia (beer) and the wonderful "Soap Sisters" of Summit, NJ!
Please follow me on Twitter!
- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Father Z; Many thanks for providing this link to a beautiful documentary. The producer of this documentary, the Bayerische Rundfunk (BR), is a wonderful state broadcaster which has created and shown a host of splendid works about The Church and, especially, Pope Benedict. Still, with this particular film, I must admit to having been very moved indeed seeing the Holy Father once again. I was especially heartened by Archbishop Gänswein who noted that although he is frail and his speech is fading, Pope Benedict’s cognitive faculties remain clear and sharp. We have been and will always be blessed by his declarations of beauty, uncompromising truth, scholarship and absolute faith. I miss Pope Benedict….terribly.
Pingback: New video documentary about Benedict XVI from German TV | Fr. Z’s Blog | Deaconjohn1987's Blog
Oh how I wish I spoke German, if there is ever an English language version please jeep us posted, l am really intrigued by the photos from his youth, i have visited German but not that part, my visit was confined to lower Saxony, at my ancestral home, hosted by my 4th cousins, some day hope to get back before it becomes germanistan and see the rest of the country and France, (Alsace Lorraine) where my maternal grandfathers family was from
Fr. Z, thank you for sharing that documentary. I concur with Andreas’ description of seeing Pope Benedict as he currently is as, “moving”. I had to smile at Archbishop Gänswein’s report that Papa wanted “nothing not Bayern” in his apartments. I did not know he was so frail, though. It was particularly striking because his current frailty was juxtaposed against the strength and confidence of his prime. Anyway, he remains in my prayers.
That was charming, and very interesting, also very well done by BR. All those details supplied by Archbishop Gänswein, about food, about things in his home, even the writing table, were things you would otherwise not know about.
Wish I understood German! Wonder if it will ever have English subtitles…