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Benedict XVI
 A Pope for Everyone?
"Pope Benedict XVI, the first elected in the 21st century, takes over leadership of a church that is both deeply troubled and richly blessed. It is a church that, thanks to the long and rigorous ministry of Pope John Paul II, enjoys a stature and visibility in the wider world unprecedented in modern times. It is also a church whose scandals and divisions, deep and destructive, are now known in a way that would have been impossible before the global information age" - the editorial that will run in the April 29 issue of National Catholic Reporter.
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A Year To Make His Mark
From The Tablet: The new papacy began quietly in 2005. With an encyclical, travel and new red hats, 2006 could be when Benedict XVI stamps his authority on his office - by Robert Mickens.
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Benedict Keeps Focus on Church
Unlike his globetrotting predecessor, this pope is quietly working to reshape the papacy. Benedict clearly prefers quiet study or the professorial delivery of a homily to the flashy performances before adoring crowds that his predecessor favored.
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Benedict on America: In his own words
As Pope Benedict XVI's arrival in the United States approaches, the media is chock full of pieces outlining the challenges the pope faces in America, and trying to anticipate what he might do or say to address them. Perhaps it's fitting that the last word before the curtain goes up, however, should belong to Benedict himself.
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Benedict on Islam
From Commonweal Magazine: Pope Benedict XVI has issued a series of apologies for the ill-conceived remarks made in an academic lecture in which he quoted a medieval Christian emperor who called Islam “evil and inhuman.” At least in one sense, then, the pope appears to agree with those who charged him with misrepresenting the teachings of Islam and offending its adherents.
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Benedict XVI -
A New Era
From the blog of Fr. Ken Lasch: ￢ﾀﾜ￢ﾀﾦ As it was in the beginning, is now and will be forever. Amen.￢ﾀﾝ Well, not quite! There is a variation on that old axiom, ￢ﾀﾜThe more things change, the more they remain the same￢ﾀﾝ and it reads this way, ￢ﾀﾜThe more things remain the same, the more they change!￢ﾀﾝ How true. I only wish I could have been standing among the crowds gathered in St. Peter￢ﾀﾙs Square when the election of our new Holy Father, Benedict XVI. ￢ﾀﾜHabemus Papam!￢ﾀﾝ was announced. Whatever one￢ﾀﾙs take on his qualifications, I believe this choice will prove to be the best ￢ﾀﾓ all things considered."
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Benedict XVI reflects on U.S. visit, recalls highlights
Pope Benedict dedicated his reflections to his recent apostolic journey to the United States, which, he said, in its multicultural plurality and founded on the basis of a "happy marriage" of religious principles, ethical and political rights, is an example of healthy secularism.
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Benedict XVI's Message for Lent 2006
Lent is a privileged time of interior pilgrimage towards Him Who is the fount of mercy. It is a pilgrimage in which He Himself accompanies us through the desert of our poverty, sustaining us on our way towards the intense joy of Easter. Even in the "valley of darkness" of which the Psalmist speaks (Psalm 23:4), while the tempter prompts us to despair or to place a vain hope in the work of our own hands, God is there to guard us and sustain us.
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