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Article: Ratzinger comments on changing papacy. (Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger)
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- National Catholic Reporter
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- February 26, 1993
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OXFORD, England - Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, showed himself remarkably conciliatory in a recent debate on the future of ecumenism with Paolo Ricca, professor at the Waldensian Theology Faculty in Rome. The Waldensians, or Vaudois, are the Protestant minority who have survived in Italy since the 12th century.
What caused Ricca "joyful surprise" were Ratzinger's remarks on the papacy - for so long the chief stumbling block for Protestants. "The papacy is the most palpable symptom of our problems," said Ratzinger, "but to tackle it properly we have to bear in mind the wider framework of church unity."
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