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  • Benedict XVI - 'Ubi Petrus, Ibi Ecclesia'

    04/20/2005 3:14:35 PM PDT · by CHARLITE · 8 replies · 632+ views
    CATHOLIC ONLINE.ORG ^ | APRIL 20, 2005 | BARB KRALIS
    He took the name Benedict[1] from the co-patron of Europe who founded over 40,000 communities of monasticism to combat widespread corruption. It should be no secret what Pope Benedict XVI's papacy will be like. For those 'enlightened' Catholics who dissent from magisterial teachings and who are grieved by the election, we bid you peace. Barely one day before his election as the 264th Pope of the Church, Cardinal Ratzinger, a formidable intellect who will not yield to modernists, delivered a remarkable homily, calling for Catholics to be 'true Adults in the faith.' He explained: "Being an 'Adult' means having...