Many Third World Catholics Disappointed

AP ^ | April 19th | JOHN RICE

[Chi-townChief]

'"Ratzinger's presence is a disaster for Latin America," snapped Bernardo Barranco, a Mexican sociologist and expert on religion, during a telephone interview from Rome.

"He took it upon himself to liquidate liberation theology. He didn't understand Latin America," said Barranco, referring to the blend of the Gospel with radical politics that rose in this region.'

How much you wanna bet that this pendejo is non-practicing and, possibly, non-Catholic?

[The KG9 Kid]

Bizarre.

[Dog Gone]

"I would have liked someone different: younger, with new ideas and perhaps with darker skin like us,"

Is that a racist statement, or would it only have been so if a German had been quoted complaining about a hispanic pope and "darker" had been replaced by "lighter"?

[humblegunner]

"They say the man is humble. I hope he will be like the pope who died," said Caceres

No really.. it isn't me. I'm humble, he's the Pope.
Es un GRANDE differencia.

[LibFreeOrDie]

You are correct:

http://www.catholicsforchoice.org/articles/politweak.asp

[duck duck goose]

Give me a break. Here is proof that some dumb-a$$ journalist was looking for a sound bite/ headline. It hasnt even been 24 hours. There will be opposition, but ultimately there is hope for the Church and our new Pope. At least the future of both is being thought of and spoken about.

[ken21]

all the more reason for them to convert to evangelicalism or fundamentalism and republicanism.

[Chi-townChief]

Yeah - the article referring to him as an "expert on religion" kind of gives it away.

[SugarLandTexas]

Funny how radical Islamists are supposedly not that big of a threat. But a devout Catholic... as Pope... horrors!

Get ready for a constant barrage of carping from the secularists.

[Aussie Dasher]

Benedict will be a very good Pope.

Granted, I would have liked to see George Pell in the job, but that was always a long shot.

If these characters complaining about basic Catholic doctrine don't like it, they have many other choices of church at their disposal.

[floridavoter2]

"....and perhaps with darker skin like us," said Alfonso Mercado..."

HUH??? The Pope was chosen to lead the Catholic Church, not La Raza

[B Knotts]

I would have also been pleased with Cardinal Castrillon Hoyos, but I really don't think the ethnicity or race of the Holy Father should be a concern of any Catholic.

[StarfireIV]

"I would have liked someone different: younger, with new ideas and perhaps with darker skin like us," said Alfonso Mercado

"If you can judge a wise man by the color of his skin, then mister you're a better man than I".... Aerosmith

[B Knotts]

Good catch.

I'm not surprised in the least that the AP would hold this guy up as somehow representative of Latinos. Shameful.

[My Favorite Headache]

I am not sure if any of you picked it up but there was a small group of people from Honduras and Columbia and a few from Mexico who actually booed when Ratzinger walked out. Could not believe it with my own eyes and ears...they then after about 15 seconds clapped but they got their boos in.

[SamAdams76]

Well I'm bumming because they didn't pick the pope from my own backyard. I was so looking forward to a Massachusetts pope. Especially one that was a Red Sox fan and knew how to parallel park and properly navigate a rotary.

But instead, my dreams have been dashed once again and they've gone ahead and picked a pope from some faraway European country that I never would have heard of had I not been a World War II buff.

[cyborg]

I wish it was Arinze but with the way the liberals are going nuclear over Ratzinger I'm happy.

[Lizavetta]

Across the developing world, there was barely disguised disappointment — particularly among many Latin Americans, who make up roughly half the world's Catholics — that one of their own was not elected to lead the Roman Catholic Church.

Question: How can those "dark skinned" folk who cry of racism expect to be taken seriously when they exhibit racism themselves? If I said I wanted "one of my own" to be Pope, or Mayor, or Governor I would be called a bigot.

Your ONLY concern should be whether he supports the teachings and policies of the Catholic Church.

[sinkspur]

The cardinals chose a transitional pope, in order to decide what the Church needs in a younger, possibly third-world Pope who will be BXVI's successor.

There was nothing but unbridled enthusiasm when Karol Wojtyla was elected in 1978.

Not so, today.