by Kenneson 18 Replies latest jw friends
He's German. Hasn't been a Pope from Germany since the 11th century. He was a very close friend of Pope John Paul II and is expected to carry on along where the other pope left off. He is a conservative. His name is Joseph Ratzinger. He has taken on the new name of Pope Benedict XVI. The following link will tell you all about him.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/fc?cid=34&mpl=fc&in=World&cat=Papacy_and_the_Vatican
Hasn't been a Pope from Germany since the 11th century
Which may as well be last week as far as the vatican goes.
My condolences to progressive Catholics worldwide.
Egads! He speaks TEN LANGUAGES
I barely speak one.
In a similar way to Mr Jaracz, Mr Ratzinger offers more evidence to their respective adherants that if god exists, and is favoring your religion, He's a dick.
i asked this question on another board so again i ask it here..why don't they pick a younger pope?? I mean im not wishing bad on the man or anything...but he's 78...how many more years do they expect out of him?
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why don't they pick a younger pope??
I second that....
I wondered as well why they picked an older gentleman...
older popes die sooner.. the death of a pope increases church attendance and donations along with international attention.
so that no one pope holds too much sway over Catholicism. They know his tenure won't be more than a decade or so. Seriously, that's what some high-up archbishop or something was saying the other night on a program about the pope. I guess it makes sense...
