- Title: God's Rottweiler
- Date: 22nd August 2005
- Description:God's Rottweiler takes us behind the ceremony and tradition to reveal the real Pope Benedict XVI. It goes beyond the media furore that has surrounded his appointment and lines up those who can reveal the full extent of his destructive potential. Through insights from those who know him,we see the man who has enforced the most conservative and reactionary doctrine known to the modern church; the man who now leads more people than any global power. Many Catholics were aghast when Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger was chosen to succeed Pope John Paul II. The new Pope Benedict XVI,has a reputation as a right-wing,traditionalist and some have gone so far as to nickname him 'God's Rottweiler'. Going back to his roots in rural Bavaria during the Nazi regime,this biography unravels the chequered history of a man once hailed as a radical reformer,but now reviled in some circles as a major obstacle to the modernisation of the church. Will he be as reactionary as some people think his record shows? Or was he just a loyal servant,obeying the orders of his predecessor? Narrator Rob Brown Produced and Directed by Grace Chapman
- Broadcaster:Channel 4
- Collection: Channel 4
- Genre:Documentary and Factual
- Producer:3Bm Television Ltd.
- Programme Episode:Episode 1
- Transmission Date:22/08/2005
- Rights:Worldwide
- Decade: 2000s