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Hey there, folks.

Welcome to the Eric Metaxis show.

I'm really excited right now.

I get to talk to somebody who is a decidedly literary person and a man of great

faith. His name is Joseph Pierce. He's been on the program before talking about many books. His

books on Chesterton and Solzhenitsyn and so many others. He has a new book out about someone

you may have heard of,

Benedict the 16th. I think you can tell from the name that he was Pope. Remember, Benedict

the 16th, a biography titled Defender of the Faith by our friend Joseph Pierce. Joseph Pierce,

welcome back. Great to see you. It's great

to see you again, Eric. It's been some time. Good to see you again. It has. And I just have to say

congratulations on the book. It's a beautiful book. I may not be a Catholic, but I am a Christian

and I have been a huge admirer of so many Catholic Christians through

the years, obviously Chesterton at the top of the list. But Benedict the 16th always in awe

of him, his leadership, his intellectual abilities, his fierceness as a defender of the faith.

So it seems appropriate to me that you titled the book, Defender of the Faith.

What was it that led you, Joseph, to write this biography?

Well, like you, Eric, I've been an admirer of Benedict 16th for many years since the time when he was Cardinal Ratzinger prior to that.

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