Peter Seewald (born July 10, 1954, in Bochum) is a German journalist and author with a focus on religious topics, especially on Pope Benedict XVI.
In the summer of 1976 he founded the left-liberal weekly newspaper Passauer Kleine Zeitung in Passau, which was discontinued two years later, in spring 1978.
According to Seewald, this interview was also the reason for a religious reconsideration, which finally resulted in his re-entry into the Catholic Church.
Among his subsequent works is Gott und die Welt (God and the World), another book he published together with Ratzinger.
[3] In the summer of 2010, Seewald stayed in Castel Gandolfo for a few days to join Pope Benedict XVI to prepare a third interview book.