Joseph Ratzinger Prize

The Joseph Ratzinger Prize ( Italian Premio Joseph Ratzinger ) is a prize of the Vatican Foundation Fondazione Vaticana Joseph Ratzinger - Benedetto XVI and has been awarded annually since 2011 for special scientific and theological achievements in the context of contemporary discourse. The prize, endowed with 50,000 euros, is named after the real name Pope em. Benedict XVI. and will be awarded in consultation with the latter. The foundation fund is fed from the proceeds of the works of Joseph Ratzinger as well as from public and private donations.

Award winners

• 2011
  • Olegario González de Cardedal (* 1934), Spanish theologian
  • Manlio Simonetti (1926–2017), Italian philologist and historian
  • Maximilian Heim OCist (* 1961), German-Austrian theologian, abbot of the Cistercian Abbey of Heiligenkreuz
• 2012
  • Brian E. Daley SJ (* 1940), American historian of theology
  • Rémi Brague (* 1947), French religious philosopher
• 2013
  • Richard A. Burridge (* 1955), English biblical scholar, Anglican
  • Christian Schaller (* 1967), German theologian, deputy director of the Pope Benedict XVI Institute.
• 2014
  • Anne-Marie Pelletier (* 1946), French theologian
  • Waldemar Chrostowski (* 1951), Polish theologian
• 2015
  • Nabil el-Khoury (* 1941), Lebanese theologian
  • Mario de França Miranda SJ (* 1936), Brazilian theologian
• 2016
  • Inos Biffi (* 1934), Italian theologian
  • Ioannis Kourempeles (* 1965), Greek theologian, first Orthodox prize winner
• 2017
  • Karl-Heinz Menke (* 1950), German theologian
  • Theodor Dieter (* 1951), German theologian (ev.)
  • Arvo Pärt (* 1935), Estonian composer
• 2018
  • Marianne Schlosser (* 1959), German theologian
  • Mario Botta (* 1943), Swiss architect
• 2019
  • Charles Margrave Taylor (* 1931), Canadian political scientist and philosopher
  • Paul Béré , theologian from Burkina Faso

Web links

• Premio Joseph Ratzinger at the Fondazione Vaticana Joseph Ratzinger - Benedetto XVI (fondazioneratzinger.va, Italian)
• Benedetto XVI: Il ritorno della teologia con il Premio Ratzinger (romasette.it, June 15, 2011, Italian)

Individual evidence