Friday, May 5, 2006

Ratzinger's Quiet Non-Revolution

Alexander Smoltczyk in Spiegel on one year of Pope Benedict XVI
"Reform," says Ratzinger, "consists in the removal of the unnecessary."

For example, in a sermon last December
...Ratzinger professed his faith in the council, saying that an incorrect interpretation was responsible for the uproar within the church. The council, he said, was about "reform," not "separation."

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