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By David Brinn The choice of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger as the new pope on Tuesday, Jewish religious leaders say, is a sign that the warming ties initiated by Pope John Paul II between the Vatican and Jews will continue. The Roman Catholic Church's leading conservative, the German Ratzinger was elected the new pope in the first conclave of the new millennium by cardinals intent on sticking to

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Johann Christoph ArnoldI happened to be on the road when the first broadcasts announced the election of a new Pope, and I pricked up my ears when I heard who it was: Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, now known as Benedict XVI. I have known this man for nearly a decade. As a non-Catholic and on behalf of the Bruderhof Communities, I want to extend to him my best wishes and congratulations, and to let him

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By Lisa Palmieri-BilligPope Benedict XVI, or Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger as the media continue to refer to him, is no stranger to Israel or to the Catholic Church's present commitment to serious, respectful dialogue with Judaism. In 1994, he came to Jerusalem as a guest speaker at an international, interreligious conference on "Religious Leadership in a Secular Society" organized by Rabbi David

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By Anthony Esolen Today I received a request to write a short article on Pope Benedict XVI from a club called the De Tocqueville Society, in a small college in Northern Virginia. That such a request came was no surprise. Its provenance is, and cheeringly so. For this De Tocqueville Society is made up of a group of students at the new Patrick Henry College, founded by Mike Farris, the

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By Richard NeuhausWithin hours of the announcement Habemus Papam from the loggia of St. Peter's, those who have for years viewed Joseph Ratzinger as the embodiment of all they think is wrong with the Church were publicly exhibiting (to paraphrase Churchill) magnanimity in defeat. Led by Hans Küng, Ratzinger's self-anointed nemesis, they proposed that Ratzinger should be given a grace period,

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by Rema RahmanHardline Catholics got their man Tuesday, when the College of Cardinals elected its dean, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, as the 265th pope.Soon after the white smoke appeared from a Sistine Chapel chimney—at about 5:50 p.m. Italian time, 11:50 a.m. on the East Coast of the U.S.—a cardinal announced to the throng gathered in St. Peter's Square that Ratzinger was the pick, and that he

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By E. J. Dionne Jr.ROME -- The words broke like a thunderclap inside St. Peter's Basilica. Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, addressing the world's cardinals just hours before they sequestered themselves Monday to choose the next leader of the world's 1 billion Catholics, decided to define this conclave."We are moving," he declared, toward "a dictatorship of relativism . . . that recognizes nothing

Angelonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12303459.post-1114420258446739872005-04-28T11:10:00.000+02:002005-04-28T10:18:00.046+02:00

by Daniel McInerny"...the sanity of the world was restored and the soul of man offered salvation by something which did indeed satisfy the two warring tendencies of the past; which had never been satisfied in full and most certainly never satisfied together. It met the mythological search for romance by being a story and the philosophical search for truth by being a true story."This passage from

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by Sandro MagisterThey called him a conservative. But Joseph Ratzinger revolutionized even the conclave which, on April 19, made him pope, Benedict XVI, “a humble laborer in the vineyard of the Lord.”Never in the past century has the choice of a pontiff been spoken in a language so clear and sharp. And it came with a buildup which become more impressive as the hour of truth drew near. Until his

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by Daniel JohnsonThe Papacy the oldest and most successful institution in the world. Asking the Pope to abandon or water down Catholic doctrine would be like asking him to abolish his own office. Joseph Ratzinger has been the most powerful figure in the Church after John Paul II for the past two decades. It is entirely right that he should have the opportunity to serve the Church in the capacity

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by Alejandro A. ChafuenJohn Paul II’s pontificate left an unparalleled legacy of papal teachings. One key aspect of his tenure is the space he created for the work of other great theologians. The new pope, Benedict XVI, formerly Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, is one of them. Given Ratzinger’s sharp focus on doctrine, many have seen only one side of this man: the protector of the faith, the leader of

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by John O'CallaghanNietzsche, as always, is relevant in times such as these. In yet another of those brilliant and fascinating reflections of his, he writes "our modern, noisy, time-consuming industriousness, proud of itself, stupidly proud, educates and prepares people, more than anything else does, precisely for "unbelief"." He goes on to talk about that indistriousness that is consumed by

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