There has been a long line of bastards--both in the literal and pejorative senses--sitting in the Fisherman's chair.
This statement from this pope is especially pleasantly surprising, though, because when Benedict XVI was Cardinal Josef Ratzinger, he was head of the Inquisition Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, and as conservative and reactionary as they come.
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Date: 2007-12-20 09:16 pm (UTC)From:There has been a long line of bastards--both in the literal and pejorative senses--sitting in the Fisherman's chair.
This statement from this pope is especially pleasantly surprising, though, because when Benedict XVI was Cardinal Josef Ratzinger, he was head of the
InquisitionCongregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, and as conservative and reactionary as they come.