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The Surprising Pontificate of the Man Who Was Ratzinger

National Catholic Register
BY EDWARD PENTIN
REGISTER CORRESPONDENT

April 15-21, 2007 Issue | Posted 4/10/07 at 8:00 AM

VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI turns 80 April 16, just three days before he completes the second year of his pontificate. Having become Pope at such a mature age, some believed he would accomplish little and would be merely a “caretaker pope.”

But that’s not how this pontificate is turning out: The Holy Father has already made his mark, powerfully reminding the world in his first encyclical that Christianity is primarily about God’s love, reaching out to a spiritually stricken Europe and Islam, and taking careful but firm steps toward Christian unity.
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posted by Dr. Denice Hanley, DPM, M.Div. @ 6:30 PM