Choices, choices, I love that pic too.
You know, He really, truly looks the part.
I am so joyfully happy.
The Holy Spirit guided the Cardinals.
May God bless them all, and LONG LIVE Pope Benedict XVI.
Ratzinger seems to be already the Leader of the Church. The Holy Spirit seems to have already been upon him. The College of Cardinals seems to have been guided to simply acknowledge that fact.
Pope Benedict XVI: I take this to mean he does not war, if it can be helped. I take it to mean he looks to the example of St. Benedict in promoting what the Religious Life should be, and in this I think this may be a tremendous sign, which just came to me. I hope that he is the man to knot together the whip with cords and purge the church. I think this is his destiny.
If a German Pope can ignite a revival in Western Europe, that would make this worthwhile all in itself.
The left is greatly saddened. And angered.