i’ve been surprised at the vehemence with with the BBC, CNN etc. call Benedict’s term as “a failure” — until one realizes that this was because he was firmly against and reversed all leftist moves
>>BBC, CNN etc. call Benedict’s term as “a failure” — until one realizes that this was because he was firmly against and reversed all leftist moves”
Yep, he’s Catholic. :)
As Neumayr puts it:
“The media verdicts so far on his supposedly inconsequential and failed pontificate have been useless, reflecting nothing more than the progressive prejudices of reporters and pundits. Long after their spiteful articles have yellowed, his encyclicals will be read. The truth is that they didn’t like him from the start, treating the elevation of a believing Catholic to the papacy as somehow “controversial.”
Yes, and his abdication reverses another: the enemy won't get insinuating senility at his every word and deed. Provided we get a young and conservative pope, -- and His Holiness raised a good deal of cardinals, -- the left will be dealt another blow.