We Have a Pope -- Pope Benedicit XVI

various FR links & stories | 04-20-05 | the heavy equipment guy

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 WE HAVE A POPE!!! (Cardinal Ratzinger-Pope Benedict XVI)

 

 Habemus Papam! -- We Have a Pope! -- Pope Benedicit XVI

 

 Cardinal Ratzinger of Germany Is New Pope

 

 (LIVE THREAD) The Papal Conclave, Interregnum, Cardinals, Conclave Facts, Prayer and other links

 

 New pope hailed for strong Jewish ties

 

 Ed Koch: The New Pope and Anti-Semitism

 

 APRIL 24, MASS TO INAUGURATE PONTIFICATE OF BENEDICT XVI

 KEYWORDS: BENEDICT; BENEDICTXVI;  POPE; RATZINGER;

 

 In Selection of New Pope, Third World Loses Out (Women, children, hit hardest)

 

 God Is My Pilot (We have a Pope. The gates of hell have not prevailed. ) -- In 1999, I was writing about the archdiocese of San Francisco as editor of a reviled publication called San Francisco Faith. Basically my mission was to draw attention to the sewer of phony, scandal-ridden Catholicism that flowed through the Bay Area in the quixotic hope of spurring orthodox reforms in its parishes.

 During that visit to San Francisco, Ratzinger also gave a speech on the very theme he used to begin the papal conclave -- the secularist dictatorship that arises when God is no longer the measure of all things and man's ego becomes the measure of morality and culture.

 

 Pope Benedict: legitimate diversity of opinion among Catholics about applying the death penalty

 

 Jews Come Out to Defend Pope Benedict Against Nazi Claims

 

 Call to Action calls upon members to bash Pope Benedict XVI

 

 New pope intervened against Kerry in US 2004 election campaign

 

 Pope no 'rottweiler'

 

 Homosexual Advocacy Group Criticizes New Pope -- "What these gay guys don't like is the RCC ordering the politicians among them to toe the line or else get off the train."
They also don't like parents and churches teaching that homosexual activity is anything other than wonderful, which is one reason they're so intent on gaining access to propagandize young children.

 College taught her not to be a heterosexual -- What she confessed to sure blows the gay activists' argument out of the water.
She says homosexuality is not a condition you are born with, but rather, it's something people are conditioned to.

 

 (Then) Cardinal Ratzinger's Interview from 2003 (Featured on Hannity and Colmes) -- Copies of the interview are available here

 

 The Vatican’s enforcer

 

 Fulton Sheen's words "If I were not a Catholic.." (re: Ratzinger's election) -- Bishop Sheen had the most amazing ability to say such complex, profound Truths with the greatest simplicity and clarity. That's what I love about his writings. Wish there were more like him around.
I LOVE the new Pope also. Just can't believe the vitriol being spewed out against him though.

 Liberal US catholics dismayed at choice of Pope

 

 FLASHBACK: Cardinal Ratzinger Orders Kerry Communion Ban

 

 New pope intervened against Kerry in US 2004 election campaign -- The lefties think that the Holy Father is just another political person to be bent to their will. I think Rush put it a great way: the Pope is a supreme court justice that the left cannot elect or unelect (paraphrasing)

 Rush Limbaugh: Cardinals Reject Pleas from the Left

 

 Pope Benedict XVI: What's In Two Names? (Amazing Read)

 

 Benedict XVI Urges Faithful to Cling to Tradition

 

 The New Pope

 

 ELECTION OF A PONTIFF Pope choice fulfills ancient prophecy?

 

 Can I become a Catholic?

 

 Pope Benedict XVI

 

 Cardinals kept silent, secret and solemn in 24-hour news cycle

 

 New pontiff loyal to Church theology

 

 Cardinals elect Ratzinger pope

 

 No Reports of (Pope) Benedict (XVI) Health Problems (AP hoping for shortened Papacy)

 

 Fox News Live- Pope Benedict Holds First Mass in Sistine Chapel

 

 New Pope Ratzinger Takes Strong Pro-Life Stance on Abortion

 

 Opus Dei has stake in new pope (graphic discussion)

 

   Benedict Showed 2 Sides After Pope's Death ~~ not all are Happy with the new Pope. -- Pope Benedict will be pro active and say and do the hard things necessary to bring the focus of the Catholic church back to the spiritual realm which is the reason it exists. The humanist American Catholics have had their way for over 40 years and have brought shame and disgust upon the clergy and distrust upon the church in general.

 

 

Is the Pope Neo-Conservative?

 

 SPECIAL SECTION: POPE BENEDICT XVI (Acton Institute)

 

 Bush Extends Greetings to New Pontiff ("man of great wisdom and knowledge.")

 

 "THE FUNDAMENTALIST TRIUMPH" (Why doesn't Andrew Sullivan become an Episcopalian? -- Alas, and I once had such high hopes for Andrew.

 

 Ratzinger: Hammer of Humanae Vitae heretics!

 

 Biography of Joseph Ratzinger

 

 CNN Sanitizes Blogger Post Calling for Early Death of Benedict XVI -- Look what I found on the Yahoo message boards... http://news.messages.yahoo.com/bbs?action=m&board=37138445&tid=afpvaticanpopename&sid=37138445&mid=1

 

 Culture in Crisis (Cardinal Ratzinger on relativism)

 

 

 Ratzinger a Nazi? Don't believe it

 

 ADL: Pope 'Atoned' for Hitler Youth

 

 VATICAN'S (Ratzinger .. on) TIES WITH ISLAM

 

 Outline of a Ratzinger Papacy

 

 Ratzinger and the Liturgy

 

 Persecuted Christians (Ratzinger, Nov 2004)

 

 The Hard Line on Ratzinger: That didn't take long… (The dectable Andrew takes umbrage) -- I believe going back to the 19th century is not enough. As an evangelical Christian, I believe Billy Graham's words are timeless when he remarked after such similar claims: it is not the 19th century, it should go back to the first century right at the founding of the church.

 Women send up pink smoke to protest male-only conclave to elect pope

 

 The Task Force On the Election of Joseph Ratzinger as Pope -- Right. Criticism from perhaps the most rabidly hateful, most undeservedly self-centered, and most self-destructive organization in the West: Gay and Lesbian Marxists.

 

 Hardball: Renegade Ex-Nun Says Catholicism Should be About Following Your Own Conscience

 

 Eerie Prophecies Predicted Benedict XVI

 

 Analysis: At 78, Ratzinger A Rising Star

 

 Pope Benedict has a sense of history

 

 The best man for the job (Pope Benedict XVI)

 

 Pope Recalls Being German POW

 

 Pope Benedict XVI: a Biography

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The usual inelegant grab of links... but to judge from the howls of the usual suspects on the Left, this Pope is a good choice. God bless him.

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Here's a major surprise....."Homosexual Advocacy Group Criticizes New Pope"

"Religious leaders like Ratzinger cannot dictate to us what our family values must be, particularly when their idea of family values excludes all GLBT people and loved ones," said PFLAG's Executive Director Jody Huckaby, a homosexual former Catholic, in a statement."

On the contrary, HE CAN DICTATE WHAT FAMILY VALUES ARE, since they are spelled out explicitly in many places in the Bible. I believe the 5th Commandments states "Thou shalt honor thy Mother and Father" Nowhere does it state "Thou shalt honor thy Mother and Mother" or "Thou shalt honor thy Father and Father."

This is precisely what Pope Benedict refers to as "Moral Relativism". The "homosexual former Catholic" says it all.

I will admit to knowing essentially nothing about Cardinal Ratzinger, apart from the fact that he was Pope John Paul's close friend and personal assistant and was initally very concerned when a European (and from Germany especially since it has become a very secular country) was selected to be the next Pope. I breathed a hugh sigh of relief when I learned that he was at least, if not more, conservative than Pope John Paul II.

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I breathed a hugh sigh of relief when I learned that he was at least, if not more, conservative than Pope John Paul II.

Same here- he sounds like a good man who has firm beliefs and isn't afraid to take an unpopular position, and stick with it.

[Petes Sandy Girl]

I found this on eBay and ordered several for my friends. It'll be a great keepsake in my Bible!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1447&item=6172361894&rd=1

[TradicalRC]

Hey Salvation, this guys stealing your schtick. Posting the ultimate link post to Pope Benedict XVI.

[TradicalRC]

Maybe The Onion will run the headline: Is the new Pope a neoconservative Nazi?

[TonyInOhio]

A great collection of links. I appreciate the work you did pulling this together - thanks!

[backhoe]

Thanks for looking.

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 Conservative Evangelicals Say New Pope Speaks Their Moral Language

 

 B16 & Left-Wing Dreams. The new pope, no great shock.

 

 Pope Benedict XVI: Enemy of Jihad

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Pope Benedict XVI: Anti-War, Anti-Gay, Anti-Choice, Anti-Reform(Liberal Hysteria)

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Surprise! New Pope takes a walk through Rome

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Ratzinger and the Jews(Michael Lerner notwithstanding, there's reason to be pleased with New Pope)

[onyx]

Thank you for this compilation!
Much appreciated.
BOOKMARKED!

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Thanks for looking-- I knew I was forgetting something- I forgot to ping you.

[onyx]

That's OK.
I've been forgotten before.

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Opposing Dictatorships: The New Pope

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Letter Perfect

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MAKING ANDREW SULLIVAN LOOK CALM: “INSTALLING SHOWERS AND OVENS AT THE VATICAN”

Kos And The Pope (Lefty/Democrat Blogs Profane Nicknames For New Pope-Sanitized Version)

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Christian Europe RIP

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 Rants about the New Pope