(I'm reading off the beaten path for a bit...)
I figured that the sunday shows would be dealing with the Pope. At least one poster is upset at the coverage. But thinking back to Mike's cautious celebration on Ratzinger's nomination, I think much more (rather than less) analysis is in order. Listen to the English translation of Benedict's positions. He's talking about a culture of life, fighting against stem-cell research, and arguing for Spanish bureaucrats to act as conscientious objectors of sorts to same-sex marriage. The election of Bush, the Shiavo case (sp?), the fight for the judiciary, and Benedict XVI are all part of the same phenomenon.
And while Mike's happy about the return to prominence of what perhaps he'd call Old School Catholic values, I'd just ask about Pope Eugenius IV and Pope Nicholas V.
Ratzinger's was a youth Nazi,I've heard the common reply every one was force in. But some resisted to their detriment but resisted still;Ratzinger father being a police officer possibly influence his paticipation.
Posted by: tootsie at April 25, 2005 01:59 PMtootsie