title: Salt of the Earth: The Church at the End of the Millennium-  An Interview With Peter Seewald
author: Peter Seewald
description: "An absolutely fascinating book, like a personal visit with the Cardinal." -- <i>Fr. Benedict Groeschel, CFR</i><br /><br />"One of the most arresting, enjoyable books I've read in years." -- <i>-Archbishop Charles Chaput</i><br /><br />"This is Cardinal Ratzinger at his free-wheeling best... His candor is breathtaking." --<i>-Cardinal John O'Connor</i>
zlib_text: SALT OF THE EARTH
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Salt of the Earth
  
  
  Christianity and the Catholic Church  
  at the End of the Millennium
  
  
  An Interview with Peter Seewald
  
  
  Translated by Adrian Walker
  
  
  IGNATIUS PRESS SAN FRANCISCO
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Title of the German original:  
  Salz der Erde: Christentum und katholische Kirche  
  an der Jahrtausendwende  
  © 1996 Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt GmbH, Munich
  
  
  Verlags gruppe Random House GmbH
  
  
  Cover photograph by Hermann Dornhege,  
  I.G. Bildarchiv
  
  
  Cover design by Roxanne Mei Lum
  
  
  © 1997 Ignatius Press, San Francisco
  
  
  All rights reserved
  
  
  ISBN 978-0-89870-640-6
  
  
  Library of Congress catalogue number 97-70806  
  Printed in the United States of America
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Contents
  
  
  [Foreword](index_split_005.html#filepos4906)
  
  
  [The Catholic Faith: Words and Signs](index_split_006.html#filepos8260)
  
  
  [PART 1](index_split_007.html#filepos66126)
  
  
  Personal Biography
  
  
  [Background and Vocation](index_split_008.html#filepos66317)
  
  
  [The Youn