Benedict XVI
Apr. 19th, 2005 01:54 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
arisbeThe Romans have a new Pope. What this means for my own Church remains to be seen.
JP II and Cardinal Ratzinger were a team, the good cop and the bad cop, when, by all reports, the good cop role would suit Ratzinger's private character better. If he can make the transition from sheepdog to shepherd, my friends on the right will be seriously disappointed.
But let me state for the record that I am personally prejudiced in favor of Bavarians.
JP II and Cardinal Ratzinger were a team, the good cop and the bad cop, when, by all reports, the good cop role would suit Ratzinger's private character better. If he can make the transition from sheepdog to shepherd, my friends on the right will be seriously disappointed.
But let me state for the record that I am personally prejudiced in favor of Bavarians.
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Date: 2005-04-19 07:17 pm (UTC)His role in the CDF is different than his role as pope. There, he was playing the conservative drag force to progressives. Now, he's not in the same role.
I'll let time pass before I judge his papacy. He's only been pope for what, 2 hours?