Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger of Germany has been elected as Pope. Many people are blogging with varied opinions from very bad to very good. I think... we'll have to wait and see. How will he handle the various crises that arise during his term? How conservative will he really be? How much will be different? There are no answers to these questions yet.

His age must be a consideration. At 78, his advanced age means that his term as Pope may be fairly short. Then again, he may continue on vigorously for another 20 years.

It will be interesting to watch. But unless I see some substantive changes in the way this Pope handles things like the pedophile scandals and murderous dictators... I won't be worrying too much about the other "core" values of the church that he might endorse "as is" or change.

No, I won't jump to any conclusions about the new Pope... I'll be keeping an eye out to see what he does, and let his actions speak for him.

Posted by: Teresa in Religion at 12:06 PM | Comments (2) | Add Comment
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