Ratz becomes B-16

By choosing to crown himself as Benedict 16, Ratzinger directs the world's attention back to the times of Benedict the First
( elected in AD 575 ) thru B-15 ( elected in 1914).
Is he hinting that Roman theology should return to where it stood in 1914?


Ratz just turned 78, becoming the oldest pope elected since 1730.
He's the first Gernmanic pope in almost one thousand years.

This B-pope-16's reign may resemble a B-movie, compared to the charisma of JP2.
In terms of policy, B-16 will be at least as reactionary as JP2, if not more so.



-- Heretic
in SF, CA, USA.

19 April 2005
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PS 1:
No, none of the earlier B-popes was Saint Benedict of Nursia,
founder of the Benedictine order
( who died around AD 543, roughly three decades before B-1 was elected ).
Did Pope B-1 name himself after Saint Benedict?
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PS 2:

Had enough irascible grumping?

For mainstream view, please see:


http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2005/04/19/pope19.TMP


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