These are the works written by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, elected Pope Benedict XVI

Pope Benedict XVI

Benedict XVI is the 265th and current Pope, by virtue of his office of Bishop of Rome, the Sovereign of the Vatican City State and the leader of the Catholic Church as well as the other 22 sui iuris Eastern Catholic Churches in full communion with the Holy See...

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As Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (original titles)

• JESUS VON NAZARETH, Erster Teil, Von der Taufe im Jordan bis zur Verklärung, Freiburg im Breisgau 2007, ISBN 3-451-29861-5
• Dialektik der Säkularisierung (En: 'The Dialectics of Secularization'
  Jürgen Habermas
  Jürgen Habermas is a German sociologist and philosopher in the tradition of critical theory and pragmatism. He is perhaps best known for his theory on the concepts of 'communicative rationality' and the 'public sphere'...
  
  ), Freiburg im Breisgau 2005, ISBN 3-451-28869-9
• Werte in Zeiten des Umbruchs (En: 'Values in a Time of Upheaval'), Freiburg im Breisgau 2005, ISBN 3-451-05592-9
• Unterwegs zu Jesus Christus (En: 'On the Way to Jesus Christ'), Augsburg 2003, ISBN 3-936484-21-X
• Glaube - Wahrheit - Toleranz. Das Christentum und die Weltreligionen (En: 'Truth And Tolerance: Christian Belief And World Religions'), 2. Aufl., Freiburg i. Brsg. 2003, ISBN 3-451-28110-4
• Gott ist uns nah. Eucharistie: Mitte des Lebens (En: 'God Is Near Us: The Eucharist, the Heart of Life'). Hrsg. von Horn, Stephan Otto/ Pfnür, Vinzenz, Augsburg 2001.
• Gott und die Welt. Glauben und Leben in unserer Welt. Ein Gespräch mit Peter Seewald (En: 'God and the World: A Conversation With Peter Seewald'), Köln 2000.
• Der Geist der Liturgie. Eine Einführung (En: 'The Spirit of the Liturgy'), 4. Aufl., Freiburg i. Brsg. 2000.
• Vom Wiederauffinden der Mitte. Texte aus vier Jahrzehnten (En: 'Recovering the Centre. A Selection of the Writings of Four Decades'), Freiburg i. Brsg. 1997.
• Salz der Erde. Christentum und katholische Kirche an der Jahrtausendwende. Ein Gespräch mit Peter Seewald (En: 'Salt of the Earth. Christianity and the Catholic Church at the Turn of the Millennium. A Conversation with Peter Seewald.'), Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, München, 1996, ISBN 3-453-14845-2
• Wahrheit, Werte, Macht. Prüfsteine der pluralistischen Gesellschaft (En: 'Truth, Values, Power: The Cornerstones of a Pluralistic Society'), Freiburg/ Basel/ Wien 1993.
• Zur Gemeinschaft gerufen. Kirche heute verstehen (En: 'Called to Communion. Understanding the Church Today.'), Freiburg/ Basel/ Wien 1991.
• Auf Christus schauen. Einübung in Glaube, Hoffnung, Liebe (En: 'To Look on Christ: Exercises in Faith, Hope, and Love') Freiburg/ Basel/ Wien 1989.
• Orationis Formas (En: 'On Some Aspects of Christian Meditation') 1989.
• Abbruch und Aufbruch. Die Antwort des Glaubens auf die Krise der Werte (En: 'Deconstruction and Awakening. The Answer of Faith to the Crisis of Values'), München 1988.
• Kirche, Ökumene und Politik. Neue Versuche zur Ekklesiologie [Robert Spaemann zum 60. Geburtstag zugeeignet], (En: 'Church, Ecumenism and Politics. New Endeavours in Ecclesiology' [dedicated to Robert Spaemann
  Robert Spaemann
  Robert Spaemann is arguably the foremost Roman Catholic philosopher in Germany today.Spaemann's focus is on Christian ethics. He is known for his work in bioethics, ecology, and human rights...
  
   on his 60th birthday]) Einsiedeln 1987.
• Politik und Erlösung. Zum Verhältnis von Glaube, Rationalität und Irrationalem in der sogenannten Theologie der Befreiung (= Rheinisch-Westfälische Akademie der Wissenschaften: G (Geisteswissenschaften), Bd. 279) (En: 'Politics and Deliverance. On the Relations of Faith, Rationalism and the Irrational in so-called Liberation Theology'), Opladen 1986.
• Theologische Prinzipienlehre. Bausteine zur Fundamentaltheologie (= Wewelbuch, Bd. 80) (En: 'Principles of Catholic Theology: Building Stones for a Fundamental Theology'), München 1982.
• Das Fest des Glaubens. Versuche zur Theologie des Gottesdienstes (En: 'Feast of Faith: Approaches to a Theology of the Liturgy'), 2. Aufl., Einsiedeln 1981.
• Eschatologie, Tod und ewiges Leben (En: 'Eschatology, Death, and Eternal Life'), Leipzig 1981. See: Eschatology (book)
  Eschatology (book)
  Eschatology is a book written by Pope Benedict XVI, at the time when he was Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger. Eschatology is the study of the eschaton, the times of the end, or 'last things', such as the parousia, heaven, and hell. Among the issues addressed in it is the concept of purgatory, which he...
  
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• Glaube, Erneuerung, Hoffnung. Theologisches Nachdenken über die heutige Situation der Kirche. Hrsg. von Kraning, Willi (En: 'Faith, Renewal, Hope. Theological Contemplations on the Present Situation of the Church'), Leipzig 1981.
• Umkehr zur Mitte. Meditationen eines Theologen (En: 'Turning back towards the Centre. A Theologian's Meditations'),Leipzig 1981.
• Zum Begriff des Sakramentes (= Eichstätter Hochschulreden, Bd. 79) (En: On the Concept of the Sacrament'), München 1979.
• Die Tochter Zion. Betrachtungen über den Marienglaube der Kirche (En: 'Daughter Zion: Reflections on the Church's Marian Belief'), Einsiedeln 1977.
• Der Gott Jesu Christi. Betrachtungen über den Dreieinigen Gott (En: 'God of Jesus Christ.'), München 1976.
• Das neue Volk Gottes. Entwürfe zur Ekklesiologie (Topos-Taschenbücher, Bd. 1) (En: 'God"s New People. Concepts for Ecclesiology') Düsseldorf 1972.
• Die Einheit der Nationen. Eine Vision der Kirchenväter (En: 'The Unity of the Nations. A Vision of the Church Fathers'), Salzburg u.a. 1971.
• Das Problem der Dogmengeschichte in der Sicht der katholischen Theologie (= Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Forschungen des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen: Geisteswissenschaften, Bd. 139) (En: 'The Problem of Dogmatism from the Point of View of Catholic Theology'), Köln u.a. 1966.
• Die letzte Sitzungsperiode des Konzils (= Konzil, Bd. 4) (En: 'The Council's Last Session'), Köln 1966.
• Ereignisse und Probleme der dritten Konzilsperiode (= Konzil, Bd. 3), (En: 'Events and Issues of the Third Session of the Council') Köln 1965.
• Die erste Sitzungsperiode des Zweiten Vatikanischen Konzils. Ein Rückblick (= Konzil, Bd. 1) (En: 'The First Session of the Second Vatican Council. A Retrospective'), Köln 1963.
• Das Konzil auf dem Weg. Rückblick auf die 2. Sitzungsperiode des 2. Vatikanischen Konzils (= Konzil, Bd. 2) (En: 'The Council in Progress. Retrospective of the Second Session of the Second Vatican Council'), Köln 1963.
• Die christliche Brüderlichkeit (En: 'The Meaning of Christian Brotherhood'), München 1960.
• Die Geschichtstheologie des heiligen Bonaventura (Habilitationsschrift) (En: 'The Historical Theology of Saint Bonaventura' (professorial dissertation)), München u.a. 1959.
• Volk und Haus Gottes in Augustins Lehre von der Kirche (diss. 1951) (En: 'The People and House of God as Presented in Augustine's Doctrine of the Church'), München 1954.
• Dogma und Verkündigung (En: 'Dogma and Preaching') (1973)
• Einführung in das Christentum (En: 'Introduction to Christianity') (1968, 2000)

Chronological bibliography (English editions)

• God of Jesus Christ (1978)
• Daughter Zion: Meditations on the Church's Marian Belief (1983)
• "Schauen auf den Durchborten" - The Theological Basis for a Spiritual Christology (1984) (English title Behold the Pierced One, Ignatius, 1986)
• The Ratzinger Report ISBN 0-89870-080-9 (1985)
• Dogma and Preaching (Franciscan Herald, 1985)
• Feast of Faith: Approaches to a Theology of the Liturgy (Ignatius, 1986)
• Principles of Christian Morality (Ignatius, 1986)

• Journey Towards Easter: Retreat Given in the Vatican in the Presence of Pope John Paul II (1987)
• Principles of Catholic Theology: Building Stones for a Fundamental Theology (Ignatius, 1987)
• Eschatology - Death and Eternal Life, Volume 9 in the series: Johann Auer and Joseph Ratzinger, Dogmatic Theology, ISBN 0-8132-0633-2 (The Catholic University of American Press, 1988)
• Mary: God's Yes to Man : Pope John Paul II Encyclical Letter : Mother of the Redeemer (Ignatius, 1988)
• "In the Beginning...": A Catholic Understanding of the Story of Creation and the Fall (Our Sunday Visitor, 1990)
• To Look on Christ: Exercises in Faith, Hope, and Love (Crossroad, 1991)
• Co-Workers of the Truth: Meditations for Every Day of the Year (Ignatius, 1992)
• The Meaning of Christian Brotherhood (Ignatius, 1993)
• A Turning Point for Europe?: The Church in the Modern World-Assessment and Forecast (Ignatius, 1994)
• The Nature and Mission of Theology: Essays to Orient Theology in Today's Debates (Ignatius, 1995)
• Called to Communion: Understanding the Church Today (Ignatius, 1996)
• Gospel, Catechesis, Catechism: Sidelights on the Catechism of the Catholic Church (Ignatius, 1997)
• Salt of the Earth: an interview with Peter Seewald ISBN 0-89870-640-8 (Ignatius, 1997)
• Catechism of the Catholic Church: Corrigenda (1998)
• Ad Tuendam Fidem - to Protect the Faith (1998)
• Memoirs 1927-1977 (Ignatius, 1998)
• Many Religions, One Covenant: Israel, the Church, and the World (1999)
• Spirit of the Liturgy (2000)
• Introduction to Christianity, revised ed. (Ignatius, 2004)
• God and the World: A Conversation With Peter Seewald (Ignatius, 2002)
• God Is Near Us: The Eucharist, the Heart of Life (Ignatius, 2003)
• Truth and Tolerance: Christian Belief And World Religions (Ignatius, 2004)
• Way of the Cross at the Colosseum on Good Friday 2005, Introduction, and Meditations and prayers on the 14 Stations of the Cross.
• The End of Time?: The Provocation of Talking about God (2005)
• Pilgrim Fellowship Of Faith: The Church As Communion (Ignatius, 2005)
• On the Way to Jesus Christ (Ignatius, 2005)
• God's Revolution (Ignatius, 2006)
• Christianity and the Crisis of Cultures (Ignatius, 2006)
• Values in a Time of Upheaval (Ignatius, 2006)
• God is Love (Deus Caritas Est), First Encyclical of Pope Benedict XVI ISBN 1-57455-758-0 (2006)
• Jesus of Nazareth ISBN 0-385-52341-6 (Doubleday, 2007)
• The Apostles ISBN 978-1-59276-405-1 (Our Sunday Visitor, 2007)
• Jesus of Nazareth: Holy Week – From the Entrance Into Jerusalem to the Resurrection (website) ISBN 9781586175009 (Ignatius, 2011)

Sales

Pope Benedict has become a bestselling author, his biography of Jesus Christ selling around 2.5 million copies and came eighth on Italy's best sellers list.
Due to his large number of sales an entire volume of his works is to be published across the world in English, Italian, German and many other languages. The royalaties from Benedict's books go to the Ratzinger Foundation

Ratzinger Foundation

The Ratzinger Foundation, also known as The Pope Benedict XVI Foundation, is a charitable organization whose aim is "the promotion of theology in the spirit of Joseph Ratzinger." which it achieves by funding scholarships and bursaries for poorer students across the world...

, the Pope's personal charity which funds poor students across the world.