Tuesday, April 19, 2005

Gotta stop listening to 80's on my way to work

I just went to the Drudge Report site which had the headline "Pope Benedict XVI: R A T Z I N G E R."

I initially thought it said something about Pat Benetar. Since when is she ever front page news?

By the way, here is a bit of info on the new 78 year old (so we get to do this again in a few years?) pope:

Born in Bavaria on April 16, 1927, Ratzinger was a leading theology professor and then archbishop of Munich before taking over the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in 1981.

In that office, Ratzinger disciplined Latin American "liberation theology" theologians, denounced homosexuality and gay marriage and pressured Asian priests who saw non-Christian religions as part of God's plan for humanity.

In a document in 2000, he branded other Christian churches as deficient -- shocking Anglicans, Lutherans and other Protestants in ecumenical dialogue with Rome for years.