Is the Pope Neo-Conservative?

Wall St. Journal ^ | April 19, 2005 | James Taranto

[quesney]

Ratzinger is a brilliant, tough-minded intellectual who started out as moderately liberal and--like so many American neoconservatives--developed a mistrust of the left because of the student revolt of the 1960s. He once said that "the 1968 revolution" turned into "a radical attack on human freedom and dignity, a deep threat to all that is human."

[Mr Ramsbotham]

To the meaninglessness of relativism, Ratzinger counter poses respect for the distinctive, incommensurable image of God in every single human being, from the most helpless to the seemingly most powerful, together with a sense of our solidarity with one another in the bosom of our Creator.

And to the profound wonder of Truth, Sullivan counterposes respect for the distinctive, incommensurable joy of rectal intercourse.

[Sidebar Moderator]

Do you have a link for this? Also Wall St. Journal articles need to be excerpted. Thanks.

[KC_Conspirator]

Got a link newbie?

[quesney]

The link:

http://www.opinionjournal.com/best/?id=110006578

[Ann Archy]

The right enemies, indeed! The Cardinals were FEARLESS in their choice.....they took JPII 's words to heart..."Be Not Afraid".....

I LOVE the term "dictatorship of relativism".....everything's gray, so don't you DARE speak of anything being black or white. Go Benedict XVI....give 'em the TRUTH!!

[KC_Conspirator]

The new pope seems to have the right enemies. Andrew Sullivan is "in shock" over "the fundamentalist triumph" of "the Grand Inquisitor."

Sullivan has gone crazy. All of his thoughts are filtered through his bum.

[Ditto]

He once said that "the 1968 revolution" turned into "a radical attack on human freedom and dignity, a deep threat to all that is human."

Boy, is that ever the truth. People who claimed then to be "fighting for humanity" revealed themselves to be those who instinctively support the most inhumane of despots and causes --- from Southeast Asia in the 60s to Planned Parenthood today.

[Sidebar Moderator]

Please use the original title to avoid duplication. Thanks.

[ex-snook]

"-like so many American neoconservatives--"

LOL - American neoconservatives are big government leftists just crossdressing as conservatives.

[Echo Talon]

He once said that "the 1968 revolution" turned into "a radical attack on human freedom and dignity, a deep threat to all that is human."

If that makes someone a neocon count me as one of them. Although I was born in '74 looking back at history you can see that the 60's had a lot of bad influences.

[Redcloak]

He's Jewish?

[GarySpFc]

As a Protestant theologian I am please to see the election of a conservative theologian as Pope.

[ValenB4]

LOL! Well said. There may come a point in the not too distant future when people here are singing a different tune about Benedict XVI. He is no neoconservative. The Papacy doesn't subsribe to mere political ideologies.

[Wiz]

First Nazi, next Neo-Conservatives. Now we can tell liberals are trying to get the new pope out of bussiness fast as possible. Be aware of liberal propaganda.