[Nihil Obstat]

Daneels turns 75 next June 4th. :-)

[maryz]

Surely you don't think this quite good article is nothing but a cynical ploy toward buttering the Pope up not to accept his resignation?

Or, as one comment on Fr. Z's blog reads:

Never before, to my knowledge, has he made a statement sympathetic to a traditional understanding of liturgy like the one above. My guess is he’s feeling the Benedictine wind biting at his nose.

My other guess? It’s six years before he turns 80. . .

We shall have to watch his future progress with interest! ;-)