Cardinal Ratzinger of Germany Is New Pope

[Zyklop]

VATICAN CITY - 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.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...e&sid=84439559

[Theobald]

I wanted to post this, you were quicker Zyklop.

Congratulations to the new Pope.

PS : After a Polish pope, a German one. How ironical

[Zyklop]

Originally Posted by Der Elsasser

I wanted to post this, you were quicker Zyklop.

Seems a lot of people had the same idea at the same time

[Theobald]

Originally Posted by Zyklop

Seems a lot of people had the same idea at the same time

BTW Wasn't this new Pope in the Hitlerjugend ?
It also seems that he is very conservative, good thing

[Figlio della Lupa]

Viva Il Nuovo Papa !!!

[Gil]

I hope he lives up to popular expectations.

[Kräuterhexe]

Seems a lot of people had the same idea at the same time [img]images/smilies/stirpes1/biggrin3.gif[/img]

Well puuh, I did in german section .

A german pope cant be wrong. Lets see how he behave.

"Dear brothers and sisters, after the great Pope Paul Johannes II, the cardinals have elected me — a simple, humble worker in the vineyard of the Lord," he said after being introduced by Chilean Cardinal Jorge Arturo Medina Estivez.



"The fact that the Lord can work and act even with insufficient means consoles me, and above all I entrust myself to your prayers," the new pope said. "I entrust myself to your prayers."



The crowd responded by chanting "Benedict! Benedict!"

yahoo

[Milesian]

Congratulations to the new Pope, the German people and all Catholics.
He seemed to have been the best candiate out of them all. Let's hope he not only remains conservative but also un-does some of the modernist damage inflicted on the Church

[White Falcon]

Ratzinger urges stand for tradition
April 19, 2005

Vatican City: Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, the front-runner before the Roman Catholic Church's papal election, yesterday urged fellow cardinals not to bow to modern trends but to defend traditional Vatican doctrines.

Spelling out his views before their voting conclave, Pope John Paul II's top doctrinal expert told the electors to stand up for an "adult faith" that withstood ideologies, sects and an "anything goes" mentality that marked modern times.

While Ratzinger, at 78, may be too old to win, his doctrinal orthodoxy has strong support among conservatives, while his moderate critics have yet to line up a clear alternative.

The Church needs to withstand the "tides of trends and the latest novelties," he said in remarks hinting that the collapse of religion in Europe was his main concern.


The sermon, delivered in his role as dean of the College of Cardinals, touched on many of the issues Ratzinger fought for over the past 23 years as head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the modern successor of the Inquisition.

His stern defence of doctrine and bans on reformist theologians have polarised the Catholic church, winning applause from conservatives but alienating moderates and causing friction with other faiths he has dismissed as false churches.

Ratzinger, a former archbishop of Munich, published a book last week in Germany arguing that Europe must reclaim its Christian heritage if it is to survive its "life-threatening crisis".

- Reuters

[Theobald]

A comrade told me that Ratzinger's "job" in Hitlerjugend was to destroy Allied planes with DCA in the battle of Berlin.

[Perun]

Originally Posted by Der Elsasser

BTW Wasn't this new Pope in the Hitlerjugend ?

He did serve in the Wehrmacht. Perhaps thats why he was nicknamed the Panzerkardinal

All the Hail the Panzer Papa!

Even though they should've elected Husar!

[Phlegethon]

Now we're going to swallow East Rome and thoroughly germanize it.

And papal infallibility will assist us in our quest for world domination. If you don't like it we will ++DESTROY!!++

[Nerthus]

I like, I like

[Phlegethon]

Too little, too late. You will be assimilated. Resistance is futile!

[Theobald]

Originally Posted by Phlegethon

Now we're going to swallow East Rome and thoroughly germanize it.

And papal infallibility will assist us in our quest for world domination. If you don't like it we will ++DESTROY!!++

Ein neues Drang nach Osten mit ein ++nordischer++ ++Panzerkardinal++ ?

[bocian]

I guess it's better than a Negro being elected... J/K.

He's 'conservative' (in other words normal, the way it should be) and he has the face of a really good man, I really don't know much else about him.

Congratulations to all Germans worldwide, you should be proud, even if not Catholic.

I would say this is a great day all around, to think a Polish pope, then a German one... in their youth they would have been sworn enemies, in old age they became friends, Poles and Germans alike should follow their example.

[Menydh]

Originally Posted by Phlegethon

Too little, too late. You will be assimilated. Resistance is futile!

Perverts!