Posted on 04/19/2005 10:04:34 AM PDT by protest1
Cardinal Ratzinger of Germany Is New Pope
Europe - AP
By WILLIAM J. KOLE, Associated Press Writer
VATICAN CITY - Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger of Germany, a hard-line guardian of conservative doctrine, was elected the new pope Tuesday evening in the first conclave of the new millennium. He chose the name Pope Benedict XVI and called himself "a simple, humble worker."
Ratzinger, the first German pope since the 11th century, emerged onto the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica, where he waved to a wildly cheering crowd of tens of thousands and gave his first blessing as pope. Other cardinals clad in their crimson robes came out on other balconies to watch him.
"Dear brothers and sisters, after the great Pope John Paul II, the cardinals have elected me a simple, humble worker in the vineyard of the Lord," he said. "I entrust myself to your prayers," the pope said.
The crowd responded by chanting "Benedict! Benedict!"
Ratzinger served John Paul II since 1981 as head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. In that position, he has disciplined church dissidents and upheld church policy against attempts by liberals for reforms. He turned 78 on Saturday.
The new pope had gone into the conclave with the most buzz among two dozen leading candidates. He had impressed many faithful with his stirring homily at the funeral of John Paul II, who died April 2 at age 84.
Wow! Watching the tv. St. Peter's Square is packed!
Very exciting to see.
I'll remember this.
...the next pope to warn the faithful about tendencies that he considered dangers to the faith: sects, ideologies like Marxism, liberalism, atheism, agnosticism and relativism the ideology that there are no absolute truths....
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Oh, this is going to drive the radical leftists and the MSM crazy!!! They will attack the choice of this man...just watch!! They will begin to belittle his choice right away, most like starting with the fact he is older, which just implies "his philosphies are just temporary, and of little consequence to the MODERN WORLD"... we are going to hear the whining of the socialists....
That is very low.
Biggest concern for me about Ratzinger is whether or not he will increase the Church's hostility to capitalism in general and the United States in particular. I have never heard he was a friend of either or particularly comfortable with American-style separation of church and state.
It is done.
What they forget to mention is that membership was mandatory for all young people at the time he joined.
BTW, did you know that Germany deducts your tithes from your paycheck if you register as a member of a church?
Low things for low people.
This will also drive the EU nuts. They hate conservative Catholics and they are effectively forbidden from involvement in EU politics. They will not get on very well with the new Pope!
Let them eat sh*t. This PC business cannot be exported to people who are still blessed with COMMON SENSE!
Little-noted fact: lots of southern Germans - Bavarians, et al - are Catholic.
Gee, AP's not being biased here, is it?
I'll tune in tonight's "LardBall" to see Mathews spew later tonight. Now, on to DU to read their rantings.
I'm praying for our new Pope - he is exactly what we need.
Simply being in the Hitler Youth never qualified anyone as a Nazi. The entire process was compulsory, beginning at a time when the worst excesses of Nazism had yet to be revealed. One can't visit upon adults what they were forced to do as minors, though no doubt some of this new Pope's enemies will try.
"Will there really be a schism?"
NO.
I read somewhere that he was quoted as saying that during Vatican II he was regarded as a liberal or reformer, but that the Church has moved so far leftward in the past 40 years that now he's a conservative.
Hmm... sounds like Reagan!
Agreed!!!!!
These same DUmmies didn't have a problem when a real Nazi, Kurt Waldheim, became Secretary General of the UN.
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