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> Dimitri wrote:
> > "aem" > wrote in message
> > oups.com...
> > >
> > > Dimitri wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Can we say the Gestapo of the church..
> > >>
> > > One hopes not. He was in the Hitler Youth as a youngster, but
> we're
> > > told he was forced into that involuntarily. And later when he was
> > > inducted into the German army, he deserted -- or escaped, or
> however
> > > you want to view it. -aem
> >
> > Actually the point is the Jesuits - usually highly educated but
> somewhat
> > inflexible. (Rigid)
> >
> > ;-)
> >
> > Dimitri
>
>
> That fits - Benedict XVI is known to be ultra-conservative (I'd call
> that rigid).
>
> A friend says, "After John-Paul, why not 'George-Ringo?'" At least a
> George-Ringo might be more liberal (IOW, just conservative, not
> ultra-conservative). (A Pope's name is indicative of his adherence to
> the tenets of the faith. I'm not Catholic, so I was hoping for someone
> more aware of the real world. I guess it won't be this one.)

Why does it matter who the Pope is in today's world? The Pope is really
little more than a figurehead now. People love to pile on platitudes to
Pope John Paul II, but no one in authority seems to take what JP II said
seriously, nor do private citizens.

Look at world leaders such as President Bush. Bush piled on the praise
for the late Pope, but he certainly did not allow any of the Pope's
teachings to influence his public policy. I am not saying that's a bad
thing, just that it seems most people love to discuss Pope JP II in
glowing terms, but most have not put his views to practice in their own
lives. For example, do you really think most Roman Catholic couples
eschew contraception just because the Pope says they should? I don't
think so.