they refer to him as Pope in the opening sentence and then revert back to his Cardinal name for the rest of the article.
They are simply stating a fact. At the time of this address, he was a Cardinal, hence the title of the article. Since delivering this talk, he has been elected Pope.
86 posted on 07/29/2005 1:28:35 PM PDT by NYer
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