"Showing good sentiments is not enough for this. Concrete acts that enter souls and move consciences are needed," the message said of his pledge to follow in the steps of his predecessor, John Paul II, by working towards reunifying Christians split apart by 1,000 years of different approaches to spirituality.Okaaaay ..... how does he plan to do that considering in the past he has also declared other Christian denominations to be deficient .... Is his idea of unifying christians to be accomplished by reaching out to and understanding and accepting diversity as he seems to imply in his sermon or is it his intention to destroy all dissent, thereby achieving his so called unity, a method he seemed to favour in the past? Just askin ....
He also apparently wants to further modernize the church ...as per the Second Vatican Council.
I'm sure this will come as quite the shock to his Fan Club who sum up the cardinal's position this way ...
"As Grand Inquisitor for Mother Rome, Ratzinger keeps himself busy in service to the Truth: correcting theological error, silencing dissenting theologians, and stomping down heresy wherever it may rear its ugly head -- "Grand Inquisitor? Silencing dissenting theologians? Stomping down heresy?
Seems like there is a major contradiction going on here that will take some time to sort out. His recent positions on issues facing the Catholic Church hardly indicate a man who will now take a concilliatory attitude to those who disagree with him. Time will tell which is the REAL Ratzinger.
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