[goldstategop]

The Left will be disappointed in the Pope's "rigidity" and refusal to be "flexible" on social issues.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)

[dufekin]

What's so tough about the Church's abortion stance? I don't understand. I thought that the Church simply taught that God endowed each of us with the certain, inalienable right to life when He created each of us. (Okay, I know that's the Declaration of Independence, but it doesn't get much clearer.) And He creates a baby at conception, not at birth. Just that simple, nothing tough.

[pollywog]

To adhere to the Holy Scriptures is not only the RIGHT stand to take, it is the ONLY stand to take!!! There can be no other.

[Always Right]

As if this is any surprise.

[onyx]

The headlines created my MSM, even Fox, --- screwballs.

[Mr Ramsbotham]

Actually, the Catholic church has indeed "grown" over the centuries, by moving away from politics and toward religion, which is what Christianity is all about, after all. Which leads me to wonder: if Martin Luther were alive today, what is there about this institution that he would protest?

[NeoCaveman]

Breaking news "The Pope is still Catholic, film at 11"

[Winston7000]

Not good news, at all, for the apostate Catholic Democratic politicians and their weaselly "moderate" Repubican clones. Now, with spinal injections for some of our vacillating Catholic American prelates, we might see a stonger stand by the Church here on what constitutes that sacredness of all human life.

This will, of course, be interpreted by the mainstream media that the raging theocrats among are saddling our horses, sharpening our swords, and about to conduct a holy war against the wonderfully pure secularists. They may start sleeping with their lights on and their passports handily lying on their dressers.

[NYer]

Pope Benedict XVI waves inside Saint Mary Major Basilica in Rome May 7, 2005. Pope Benedict XVI pledged on Saturday to follow the strict line of his predecessor and defend traditional Catholic teachings from 'fashionable' ideas that threaten to destroy the faith. REUTERS/Max Rossi

In office only 3 weeks, consider the accomplishments:

* Ejected a Polish monk for subvert activities
* Requested the resignation of a Jesuit priest, editor of America Magazine for anti-catechetical articles
* 'Reminded' US bishops that Rainbow Sashers should be denied communion

He's keeping the liberal media on their toes :-)

EWTN will rebroadcast this Mass, tonight at 7pm EST. Check cable listings for channel.

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[Aquinasfan]

he will uphold Pope John Paul II's unwavering stands against abortion and euthanasia

Flash: Pope remains Catholic.