The funny thing about the liberal media commentaries is none of them highlight the new Pope's work as on of the original Vatican II reformers. Bringing the Church into the modern world was a vital step to reconciling it with the free societies it had long viewed with suspicion, if not outright hostility. Where Vatican II veered off course was in the assumption that the Church needed to adopt any "anything goes" ethos to win the approval of the secular world. And that would have gone too far and would have been fatal to the Church's identity and overall mission, since if there is one thing a religious institution cannot be, is to be all things to all people. In a secular world, people need the reassurance and certainty faith rooted in timeless beliefs brings and for that to happen there is a point beyond which the Church could never proceed. And the election of Pope Benedict XVI has underlined this reality for the entire world to witness.
(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)