Maybe he should read and defend the teachings of Christ as set forth in Gods Word, ie. the BIBLE...
I can here the liberals now, "Voter Fraud! Voter Fraud!"
Remember the good old days when liberals just ignored the institutions they despised, like marriage and religion? They've obviously abandoned any pretext or chance of peaceful coexistence.
Yep. That's pretty much the main problem with popes that Protestants have had for about 488 years..
Cool. A discredited "theologian" and a bunch of skulls full mush unite to wring their hands and be deeply saddened.
How generous of him.
Burchard is a moron. I'll bet his purse is stuffed full of Jack Chick comic books.
"../clad in black, his hair long and a stud piercing his left eyebrow, declared that Ratzinger was a caretaker pope, nothing more."
I stopped reading the article after this sentence.
Consider the source.
Is the pope Catholic? Yep, he is :)
They're not even trying to hide their bias.
Sounds like their main problem with the pope is that he actually believes in and defends the teachings of the Catholic Church.
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I am not Catholic but can understand why they elect someone that follows their own teachings.
Yeah, I'd really take religious advice from him!
They really know how to win over values voters don't they ? The MSM is Dead, they just haven't figured it out yet. Want proof ? Look at the L.A Times circulation numbers, the trend is bankruptcy within 5 years.
Hope remained, but into the place of God stepped the party and with it a totalitarianism of atheist worship, which is ready to sacrifice all of humanity to its false god."
The real source of the objection. How tiresome of Ratzinger not to concede placidly to the replacement of the Christian transcendent with a thoroughly this-worldly goal: class struggle leading to sociopolitical "liberation":
Swiss theologian Hans Kueng, called Ratzinger's election "an enormous disappointment for all those who hoped for a reformist and pastoral pope."
"Reformist and pastoral"= Marxist. Hans Kueng, an advocate of Marxist "liberation theology," can no longer teach Catholic students because his teaching license was revoked by the Vatican.
I know one of B16's students who absolutely loves him. Too bad the MSM didn't interview him.
I don't really care what these liberal people think. We know they're not going to like Ratzinger. They want to ruin the Church. The Church is an obstacle to them. It is sinful what they're saying. God has chosen. They should not question God. Ratzinger will do just fine.
The Vatican stared eye to eye with the MSM, liberals, nihilists, atheists, ,,,considered their views....
And then, Flipped them the collective [Cardinal].
Viva, Papa Zinger. He's the Pope, and rant as the Libs will, there's nothing the forces of evil can do about it!
It's a great day for conservatives. Republicans please take note!!!
Ave Maria provost studied with new pope in Germany
4/20/2005
Ave Maria provost studied with new pope in Germany
By DIANNA SMITH and KRISTEN SMITH,
Naples Daily News
April 20, 2005
He twirls his rosary ring, pacing back and forth like a professor in his cabana by the pool at Ave Maria University.
The Rev. Joseph Fessio has been repeating himself for almost three hours now, proudly talking to journalists by phone from all over the world, sharing stories of his friendship and admiration for Pope Benedict XVI, elected Tuesday to succeed Pope John Paul II who died earlier this month.
"I want people to know what a saint we have. He's good, good," says Fessio, the AMU provost, while inhaling a bowl of bean salad before his next interview. "I'm so full of joy."
By 4 p.m., he has 20 unheard messages on his cell phone. He needs to return calls to People magazine, the Washington Post and CNN. He organizes his interviews with the help of three AMU employees recruited to field phone calls and he's reminded periodically to take sips of water so his throat won't dry from talking too much.
Fessio is so popular this day that you'd think he was the one named the new pope.
He jokingly calls himself a hot media property because he's one of the few, perhaps the only person in America, who can speak of the new pope as people speak of old classmates. Their friendship dates back to the early 1970s, when Fessio was pursuing his doctorate in then-West Germany.
He studied under then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger and was intrigued by the man who is now the leader of the world's 1 billion Catholics.
Ratzinger, a cardinal for the past 27 years, worked closely with Pope John Paul II, making him a popular choice to lead the church.
"I thought about him right from the beginning because he was so friendly with Pope John Paul," says Joseph Friel, of Bonita Springs, who serves as Grand Knight for the St. Leo Catholic Church's council of the Knights of Columbus.
"I know he can't do what Pope John Paul did because they said no one will match him."
Fessio says Pope Benedict XVI will continue Pope John Paul II's legacy.
With the bowl of salad, now empty, Fessio says, "God bless," to a reporter in Rome and hangs up the phone. He falls into his chair. He's got more than 25 journalists to call back and is trying to digest his late lunch. The last free moment he had was around 1 p.m. when he toasted with champagne to celebrate the announcement of the new pope with three close friends. They toasted the pope's health.
Fessio says he's ready for another journalist.
"Do you need to do anything first?" asks Michael Dauphinais, AMU associate dean of faculty, who serves as Fessio's agent this day.
"I wanna call Cardinal (Christoph) Schonborn," Fessio says.
And just like that, he did.
He dialed the cardinal's phone number and, after three rings, Schonborn of Austria picked up his cell phone in Vatican City. Fessio first greets him in German.
"This is so wonderful! What a gift for the church, what a gift for the church!" Fessio says, shaking his right fist in victory. "You must stand by his side, stand by his side ... I won't ask you how you voted because I don't want you to break your seal, so I'm gonna take a guess."
Schonborn also studied with Fessio under the now former cardinal. Their relationships grew after graduation and the two have since kept in touch. Schonborn, Fessio and Ratzinger see each other at least once a year.
Fessio is also editor and founder of Ignatius Press, the exclusive publisher of the 12 books written by the former cardinal.
Fessio says Schonborn told him that after the pope made his first appearance Tuesday from the St. Peter's Basilica balcony, he turned to Schonborn and said, "We must keep our friendship."
Fessio speaks highly of the pope just as one would of a relative: kind, gracious, soft spoken, thoughtful. He brings presents to Fessio whenever they meet.
"He's everything I'm not," Fessio chuckles.
http://www.naples.avemaria.edu/newscenter/newsdetail.asp?newsID=64