Day 6 of Pope Benedict XVI's Reign - Cracks Jokes With Countrymen, Visits St. Paul's

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[Pyro7480]

More pictures from today in post #20.

[onyx]

I hope he's getting a proper amount of rest.

Viva il Papa.

[Pyro7480]

I'm thinking that he probably won't the first few weeks.

[Miss Marple]

Thanks for the new pictures!

[virgil]

For the marxist ideology actually uses the Jewish-Christian tradition and turns it into a godless prophetic movement; man's religious energies are used as a tool for political ends and directed to a merely earthly hope, which is equivalent to standing on its head the Christian yearning for eternal life.

He is so right. Communists, fascists make great use of God, patriotism, democracy. Just read Mein Kampf. Hitler writes about it too. In practice, it turns out to be quite different though.

[padfoot_lover]

Thanks for the great pictures today. I'm glad his brother has been there for him; that must give the Holy Father great comfort.

[TAdams8591]

Die Bilder sind WUNDERBAR!!!! Danke!

[ColoCdn]

Great pics, wonderful man.

I hope you don't get tired of hearing "Thanks", Pyro.

[cpforlife.org]

This is an awesome thread.

Pope Benedict XVI is an awesome man, Priest, Bishop and Pope.

Renewed sense of Hope and Joy.

Thanks Pyro.

[fatnotlazy]

Thank you yet again. Some truly marvelous pics and great stories.

This Pope is all right by me. :)

[starfish923]

Thanks for the newest pics.
They are wunderbar.

[fatnotlazy]

Thanks for the great pictures. Once people get a chance to see for themselves what type of man Benedict is, it will be hard for the smear artists to keep their campaign going.

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I'm amazed that some of these so-called "news organizations" didn't learn their lesson from their smear campaign against the President. They just don't get it that people don't want this kind of negativity. Well, it's their loss. And they are going to lose big time.

[shhrubbery!]

Thanks for the quote clarifying the new Pope's views on liberation theology.

My only concern --and it's a very minor one-- is that if Joseph Bottum is right, Benedict XVI does look favorably upon socialism, even though he condemns Marxism.

I'm predicting that the God-less Left (and its media accomplices) will pounce on some potential future statement of Benedict XVI re "social justice" --and distort it to claim that the Pope demands that we pay more taxes to support an ever burgeoning welfare state, etc. etc.

But I think Benedict XVI's main focus will be on the culture of life, and on the re-Christianization of Europe (and perhaps, of America). And I have great hopes for him there!