Forthcoming Bloomsbury will publish Emeritus Pope Benedict‘s Last Testament worldwide in November, in which the retired pope will formally break his silence after being the first Pope to resign from his position in 750 years. Bloomsbury says Pope Benedict will address “controversies and reveals how at his late age, governing and reforming the Papacy and particularly the Vatican, was beyond him” and “admit that he entirely lacked Pope Francis’s common touch with people.” The book is co-written with Peter Seewald and translated by Jacob Phillips. Investments Rakuten announced it has agreed to acquire a “substantial minority stake” in getAbstract, which […]