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Habent papam
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:date: 2005-04-19T07:30:00
:category: faith
:tags: Catholic, ecumenism
`Joseph Ratzinger`_ was just elected_ as a pope `Benedict XVI`_. I do
not know much what to think about it. On the one hand he is actually not
my pope (hence the title of this blog record), because I am not a
Catholic, and if he wants to be the one then he must deserve it.
On the other hand, I hope that a German pope could understand more than
a Pole that communication with non-Catholics is important and it cannot
be one way street. On the third side, he is just not from Germany, he is
from Bavaria.
Another interesting question is how will he relate to Jews. He will
probably follow the policy of the late John Paul II. in being very open
to them, but it will be interesting how as a German will he present the
Catholic repentence for the anti-semitism.
We’ll see.
.. _`Joseph Ratzinger`:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4606698
.. _elected:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4462077.stm
.. _`Benedict XVI`:
http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/
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