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Article: Let's give Pope Benedict a chance.(Opinion & Editorial)
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- Manila Bulletin
- Article date:
- April 25, 2005
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WHEN the name of the newly elected pope was announced (Habemus papam), many were happy but many were also disappointed.
Their disappointment stemmed from the fact that Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger who became Pope Benedict XVI was perceived to be of the same conservative mold as the late Pope John Paul II. Thus, some jokes circulated that the flock of church will now be watched by a German Shepherd.
Others say its more than that: A rottweiler! (a fierce German dog).
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Fr. Peter Michael, SVD, my German professor in Latin and Greek in Christ the King Seminary, Quezon City and is now retired at Villa Cristo Rey, said that in his home ...