They will, no doubt, wish to return as "Fr. So-and-so" or even perhaps "Bishop So-and-so" ... that part, the actual exercise of legitimate ecclesiastical authority, will require some negotiations. What form said negotiations may take, remains to be seen ... Benedict is Pope (and I'm not), so I'll let him do his job.
So it’s an ongoing negotiation process that the media is criticizing and blowing out of proportion because Christians are fair game. I must admit the rhetoric from muslim ‘holy men’ is so thoroughly disgusting and incitant that the details of this article were a bit perplexing in context.