Mark Coleridge: Not the Panzer Pope but a surprising man of the people

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I think the good bishop’s article is spot on. It’s great to read something that isn’t judgmental or vitrolic or self-serving about a pope when we’ve had to put up with so much rancor from dissenters carping about every modern issue under the sun. :rolleyes:
 
Excellent article. May good Pope Benedict have long life to steer the Barque of Peter.

One thing I think we should ponder: So many people on the left and right projected so much onto who this Pope was/is and all the awful/wonderful (depending on one’s perspective) things he would do as Pope. I guess what I’m thinking is that the office itself modifies the man into what he needs to be to do the job, so that sometimes, “God’s Rotweiller” becomes “Christ’s Vicar.” I’m not saying this well.
 
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Excellent article. May good Pope Benedict have long life to steer the Barque of Peter.

One thing I think we should ponder: So many people on the left and right projected so much onto who this Pope was/is and all the awful/wonderful (depending on one’s perspective) things he would do as Pope. I guess what I’m thinking is that the office itself modifies the man into what he needs to be to do the job, so that sometimes, “God’s Rotweiller” becomes “Christ’s Vicar.” I’m not saying this well.
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No, I think you put it very well. It reminds me of an episode of the original Star Trek show in which a primitive culture with a hierarchy of warriors was being wooed by both the Klingons and the Federation. The warrior who was leaning towards the Klingons killed the leader and took the leadership himself and sought out the killed leader’s pregnant wife to kill her and her baby, who might usurp him. Do you remember that one? Anyway, once he had taken power the Klingon was at his elbow egging him on to kill Kirk, Spock, and Bones. But the new leader said, in effect, that becoming the leader made him see things in a new light. He now was inclined to spare the old, dead leader’s wife and child as well as listen to Kirk, so the Klingon killed him.

LOL! I think I just explained it much worse than you did. I probably need a nap or something. 😛

Anyway, not that our blessed Benedict in any way resembles a bloodthirsty warrior, but there were people on both ends of the spectrum who thought of him that way, even though all he had done was be faithful to the teachings of the Church in which he was a bishop. Odd, huh?
 
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No, I think you put it very well. It reminds me of an episode of the original Star Trek show in which a primitive culture with a hierarchy of warriors was being wooed by both the Klingons and the Federation. The warrior who was leaning towards the Klingons killed the leader and took the leadership himself and sought out the killed leader’s pregnant wife to kill her and her baby, who might usurp him. Do you remember that one? Anyway, once he had taken power the Klingon was at his elbow egging him on to kill Kirk, Spock, and Bones. But the new leader said, in effect, that becoming the leader made him see things in a new light. He now was inclined to spare the old, dead leader’s wife and child as well as listen to Kirk, so the Klingon killed him.
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I LOVE people who can draw a spiritual lesson from a TV show, esp. if it’s a totally incongrous TV show!!! That was excellent!
 
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