Benedict Showed 2 Sides After Pope's Death ~~ not all are Happy with the new Pope.

Las Vegas Sun ^ | April 19, 2005 at 15:43:22 PDT | BRIAN MURPHY ASSOCIATED PRESS

[eastsider]

In the spirit of full disclosure, I must admit to eating tofu hot dogs. But I'm certainly not going to let that stop me from laughing at a good joke : )

[DumpsterDiver]

Thanks, Ernest.

[HungarianGypsy]

Would have been interesting to have heard my father's opinion if he were still alive. I remember back in '83 he said that he thought the pope after Pope John Paul would be the one to be a pope who would try to bring down the Catholic church. I am sure he would have been happier with this choice.

[sirthomasthemore]

REPUBLICANS ARE YOU LISTENING:

"Ratzinger also called demands for European "multiculturalism" as a "fleeing from what is one's own."

Get that O’Connor, Breyer, Souter, Kennedy Ginsberg- Let’s not see references to European Law in our Supreme Court decisions any more. We're Americans.

Tom Delay, the Hammer, are you listening:

“As prefect of the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith, he was the Vatican's iron hand.”

Hammer, stay true to your convictions- the heck with the media- the tried and sure road to ascendency!

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

THE THEOLOGY OF JOSEPH RATZINGER
by Fr Aidan Nichols

Chapter XI: BACK TO FOUNDATIONS

[Jim Noble]

not all are Happy with the new Pope

Well, if this Protestant can judge Benedict by his enemies, he seems like an excellent choice.

Congratulations to all my Catholic brothers and sisters!

[Knitting A Conundrum]

As my daddy would say, they should cut bait or fish. If you don't want to live like a catholic, go join Bishop Gene or someone else to your liking.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

fyi

[Knitting A Conundrum]

It is true, you can tell a lot about a man's character by his enemies...and it seems to me Pope Benedict has the right ones...

[squirt-gun]

Re # 4...

I Agree...

I might even come back.

[RobbyS]

What he said, if I recall, was that the self-indulgent choose Buddhism because they think it demands little of them, except a vague mysticism. The last thing they would want to do is to live the ascetic life of a Buddhist monk.

[MHGinTN]

"He also shows no flexibility on the church's views on priestly celibacy, contraception and the ban on ordinations for women." IOW, if this Pope will not compromise the principles of The Church, he is not acceptable to the liberal members ... shades of democrats in the Senate and House!

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

More Info:

Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger

[don-o]

Well, if this Orthodox Christian can judge Benedict by his enemies, he seems like an excellent choice.

[mountainfolk]

Pope John Paul had his job to do. Pope Benedict now has his. The best that John Paul could do in his frail physical condition toward the end of his life and reign was to hold the socialist left Catholics in check. Pope Benedict will be pro active and say and do the hard things necessary to bring the focus of the Catholic church back to the spiritual realm which is the reason it exists. The humanist American Catholics have had their way for over 40 years and have brought shame and disgust upon the clergy and distrust upon the church in general. I also would not bet on a short life for this pope. He is German after all. A hardy breed that has a temperament to withstand vitriol from some of his own strayed flock as well as others outside the church. He will be swamped with prayers for his success and support from millions of souls who realize the need for strong spiritual leadership. Pope Benedict is the right man for the times and I thank God that he has been chosen as the new leader of the Catholic church.

[eastsider]

Thank you, sir. I rest my case.

[Grampa Dave]

You summed up one of my favorite summations when liberals start whining and complaining about someone:

"Well, if this Protestant can judge Benedict by his enemies, he seems like an excellent choice."

If the MSM mediots and left wingers around the world dislike this new Pope, he is probably an excellent choice for the Catholics and the rest of us.

[MarylandPines]

Look, I'm not saying Law is without fault but I get sick of everything beinbg dumped on him, and nothing on The 'Very reverend' Cardinal Mahoney, Archbishop of Los Angeles.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

The Libs are unhappy:

Liberal US catholics dismayed at choice of Pope

[patriciaruth]

"We are moving toward a dictatorship of relativism which does not recognize anything as for certain and which has as its highest goal one's own ego and one's own desires," he said Monday in a pre-conclave Mass in memory of John Paul. The church, he insisted, must defend itself against threats such as "radical individualism" and "vague religious mysticism."

Spot on.

Must be my German genes speaking.