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"Conservatives of almost all stripes had cause to rejoice in Ratzinger’s election, as even non-Catholics among them saw in him a man who would uphold the values dear to them. An ephemeral but telling sign of his support was the presence on the Internet of sites announcing themselves as the 'Ratzinger Fanclub' and 'Protestants for Ratzinger.' The new pope would be a sure ally for the Right in the Culture War. But where hot wars are concerned, many of Ratzinger’s most ardent admirers—Catholic neoconservatives especially—find themselves diametrically at odds with the pope." -- Daniel McCarthy in TAC

Date: 2005-08-20 05:56 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] joffridus.livejournal.com
I think John Paul II and Benedict XVI's understandings of the strictness with which Capital Punishment and Just War must be recognized as acceptible, are more in line with the overall heritage of the church, despite the more lax understandings of both doctrines that have sometimes been put forth.

Viva il Papa!

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