The 78-year-old German Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger has been elected the next pope of the Roman Catholic Church. Given his age and his closeness to John Paul II, is Cardinal Ratzinger's appointment a stopgap?
Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, a doctrinal conservative and ally of the late John Paul II, was elected Pope on Tuesday night in a step that dismayed Roman Catholic progressives but was applauded by defenders of church orthodoxy.
What will the future be for the Global Vilage of Believers... +?
No Matter What The Faith...
Your Views And Comments Are Most Welcome.
NB: I am told never to talk of Politiques... or Religion... but that does not stop U No Who!
I would say give him a proper chance to see how it goes...I'm not really on the conservative side...but saw a very good report about him...as I understood he was acting in the last years often as the 'bad' guy of the last pope...all unpopular opinion of the vatican spoken from Ratzinger. Now he will be in a different position...I'm interested to follow up...even I'm not catholic.
0 
{K:15233} 4/20/2005