His Holiness: The Secret Papers of Benedict XVI

His Holiness: The Secret Papers of Benedict XVI
AuthorGianluigi Nuzzi
Original titleSua Santità. Le carte segrete di Benedetto XVI
LanguageItalian
PublisherChiarelettere
Publication date
2012
Pages326
ISBN978-8861900950

His Holiness: The Secret Papers of Benedict XVI (Italian: Sua Santità. Le carte segrete di Benedetto XVI) is a book published by the Italian journalist Gianluigi Nuzzi of confidential letters and memos between Pope Benedict XVI and his personal secretary. The letters in the book portray the Vatican as a corrupt hotbed of jealousy, intrigue and underhanded factional fighting.

The Italian edition paperbook was translated in 2013 in English as Ratzinger Was Afraid.