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Acton Lecture Series (April 14, 2011) – When Joseph Ratzinger was elected pope in April 2005, it was assumed that his papacy would be marked by an intense engagement in the world of ideas. As one of the world's best-known contemporary theologians, Pope Benedict XVI has more-than-lived up to expectations. Whether the subject is the rise and decline of the West, Islam, ecumenism, or simply the ever-