Many Third World Catholics Disappointed

AP ^ | April 19th | JOHN RICE

[dfwgator]

JP I was a relatively young 65. That didn't turn out too well. You just never know.

[sinkspur]

There is unbridled enthusiasm for Pope Benedict XVI

Not everywhere. Not like there was for JPII.

[Tax-chick]

You're welcome - I was a bit whoopsy myself :-). (State spelling champion of Virginia, 1984)

[Petronski]

Nope.

[cyborg]

LOL!

[utahagen]

The libs in the media are desperate. Ratzinger is their worst nightmare. Prepare for weeks of articles about how disappointed "people of color" -- whatever the heck that means -- women, gays, atheists, Unitarians, etc are. They can all go scratch.

[B Knotts]

Weren't some Italians dismayed at the selection of a non-Italian pope at that time?

[sinkspur]

Cardinal Arinze would have had qualities and experience as Pope that Pope Benedict does not ... and vice versa. God knows best.

He does, but He didn't elect the Pope. The Cardinals did.

God's promise is that He will protect the Church from harm.

[Eagles6]

But he's an expert! It says so right there!

" Across the developing world, there was barely disguised disappointment — particularly among many Latin Americans, who make up roughly half the world's Catholics"

So this journalist ran out and took a representative poll of all non-anglo Catholics in central and south america, crunched the numbers and got it to print in the hours since the announcement was made. His story was already written in anticipation of a European Pope being named.

He liquidated liberation theology? The melding of a distorted Christanity with atheistic marxism, cultural relativism and "human rights" (abortion, homosexuality and land reform-redistribution of the wealth)?

Hmmm. Still looking for the down side of this....

[B Knotts]

Wasn't he 58?

[Straight Vermonter]

I really don't think the ethnicity or race of the Holy Father should be a concern of any Catholic.

True, but people are people. We tend to think that those more like us will advocate better for us.

It is also true that the Church has unfortunately been slow at times to allow non-Europeans to progress in the Church. I think Catholics are ready to accept a non-European Pope. I just hope we continue to get the best man.

[Polycarp1]

Let's see, less than one day into a new Pontificate and the Associated Press already knows for sure that "many" people in the Third World are disappointed.

[Tax-chick]

Exactly.

[MarylandPines]

Well, if Arinze's time is coming, it better be soon. He's 72, though he doesn't really look it(he didn't have gray hair until a few years ago).

Don't worry. Arinze is free to bait liberals in his own special way from whatever post Benedict assigns him.

Believe me, it'll be tons of fun. :) Yahoo!

[sinkspur]

JP I was a relatively young 65. That didn't turn out too well. You just never know.

I wonder how enthused we'd be if George W. Bush put forth a nominee to the Supreme Court who was 78 years old.

[dfwgator]

Wasn't he 58?

That was JP II when he was elected Pope. I was referring to JP I, who only was Pope for 34 days before suffering a fatal heart attack.

[B Knotts]

I guess I don't get the nationalist/ethnic/race stuff.

I was hoping we did not get an American pope! :-)

[Qwinn]

"Not everywhere. Not like there was for JPII."

Don't get revisionist. Not many outside of Poland were filled with unbridled enthusiasm for JPII when he first became Pope. The vast bulk of the response around the world was, "Karol Who?"

Qwinn

[sinkspur]

Weren't some Italians dismayed at the selection of a non-Italian pope at that time?

No doubt. All of Italy was not in St. Peter's square cheering today, either.

[cyborg]

LOL