Benedictines Feel Ratzinger's Critique of Relativism Answered by his Papal Election
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IRL News Briefs
April 27, 2005--Vol. 4, No. 7
Installation of New Pope Has Special Significance for Benedictines
The installation of Pope Benedict XVI held special significance for a group of black-robed monks in the throng celebrating the event in St. Peter's Square. Abbot Notker Wolf, abbot primate of the Order of St. Benedict, said that when he heard that Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger had chosen the name Benedict, “I was very happy.” He added, “I felt recognized.” In further recognition, U.S. Benedictine Brother Gregory Gresko of Mary, Mother of the Church Abbey in Richmond, Va., sang the Gospel in Latin during the Mass. The 34-year-old monk, a songwriter who sings in a Christian rock band called Mary's Men in Black, is studying at St. Anselm University in Rome. The new pope's name evokes both the legacy of the early 20th-century Pope Benedict XV and a spiritual tradition dating back to the sixth-century saint credited with spreading Christianity throughout Europe as the Roman Empire collapsed. “Before the conclave, Cardinal Ratzinger made a critique” of modern society, urging the cardinal-electors to take a stand against relativism, Abbot Wolf said. Upon hearing the new pope's name, “I said this is the answer to his critique,” the abbot said.
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