[NYer]

"Benedict XVI is going to give people what they spiritually hunger for and no longer find in their pews today: a firm place to make their moral stand. This pope is going to regenerate the moral revival of Christianity – to the great benefit of all Christendom, to the great benefit of Western Civilization, and to the great frustration of its enemies."

Amen!

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[AmericanInTokyo]

Pity this poor fellow, below.

He's going to have to either get with the program and come aboard, or make his own way rowing his own little boat. Benedict XVI is not going to be some big maitre'd to One Big Moral-Theological Smorgasboard where some selfish, self-centered American Catholics can just pick and chose the doctrines that sit well with them and leave the rest on the table. They either follow the Church and Jesus, or they will be out in the cold where they can continue to embrace their own libertine lies against Nature:

....."For some members of the (St. Peter's Square) crowd, Ratzinger was a profound disappointment. As the announcement came, Brian Bennett, 49, began shaking his head. "I think this is a disaster," said Bennett, a political consultant and writer from Long Beach, Calif., who grew up in Merrick and flew to Rome April 4 for John Paul's funeral. Bennett said he did not agree with some of John Paul's conservative teachings but respected him for his peace-making efforts. Ratzinger is not who Bennett had in mind as a successor to John Paul, though. "He reinforces the exclusion that has kept gay Catholics like me out of the church," Bennett said. "Cardinal Ratzinger was the one who wrote the doctrine that says homosexuality is intrinsically evil. Do you really think that gays and lesbians will come back to the church now that he's Benedict XVI? I just hope and pray that the Holy Spirit will open his heart."

May the Lord have mercy.