Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger of Germany, a longtime guardian of doctrinal orthodoxy, was elected the new pope Tuesday evening in the first conclave of the new millennium. He chose the name Pope Benedict XVI.
Ratzinger, the first German pope in centuries, served John Paul II since 1981 as head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. In that position, he has disciplined church dissidents and upheld church policy against attempts by liberals for reforms. He turned 78 on Saturday.
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I don't get it. Because you're both anti-abortion, that trumps the entire fundamentalist stance of being both anti-doctrine and anti-catholic? Am looking forwrard to your next post on your new-found acceptance of transubstantiation.
Wonder if you think this is great news for the sole fact that the next representative of God on Earth was chosen rather than the idea that he was hard-line on church doctrine.
This only relates to abortion indirectly.
Roman Catholics are members of the Body of Christ, as I am. While I have issues with some Roman Catholic doctrine, we are all catholics (small "c").
The reason I applaud the choice of Ratzinger is because he treats The Word as The Word. The fact that he holds suspect theological positions on matters not central to the faith is irrelevant (we all hold such beliefs). But he treats God as God and his Word as law...which it is. He's also humble, compassionate, gentle, zealous, and a whole host of other things.
Was it God's will that Ratzinger became Pope? My Calvinist side says it must be His will. Was it the will of the heathen inside and outside the walls of the church? Probably not.
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