Defender of the Faith

Release Date: 2019-10-31

Overview: As Pope Benedict XVI, Joseph Ratzinger wanted to lead the Church back to its former strength, but instead he plunged it into a deep crisis. He reacted largely inactive to the revelations of multiple cases of abuse by clergy. In order to understand the thinking of this unconditional hardliner, documentary filmmaker Christoph Röhl delves deep into Ratzinger's past - but what really leaves us speechless are the testimonies of how the church, on a large and small scale, dealt with the crimes of its priests.

Rating: 5.5 / 10

Cast

Ulrich Tukur

as Narrator (voice)

Benedict XVI

as Self (archive footage)

Georg Gänswein

as Self

Thomas P. Doyle

as Self

Archbishop Charles Scicluna

as Self