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Both O’Keefe and his predecessor David B. Fithian served as Senior Tutors before being appointed assistant dean of the College...
...feel the same way, and I pray they are not discouraged in their beautiful and faith-inspiring struggle. Claudio J. Urbano Pamplona, Spain It is a pity that most of us Catholic young people don't have the same enthusiasm for our new Pope that we had for his predecessor. But I believe that he deserves our support and the opportunity to be Pope Benedict XVI and not a copy of Pope John Paul II. We unconsciously want him to be like John Paul, but Benedict needs the freedom to be himself. Ogbu Chinedu Aba, Nigeria As The War Grinds...
...their Holy Father-some running in the direction of the faraway stage, others walking in a head-up, open-mouth trance. Whether he likes it or not, Pope Benedict XVI is a star. He the first pontiff elected in the full throes of the information age, and his predecessor's sense of spectacle consecrated a natural marriage between this ancient office and the modern media...
...imagination of the faithful. John Mertes, a 33-year-old lay youth minister from Mary, Mother of Church in Burnsville, Minnesota said that "John Paul is a tough act to follow." Observing Benedict in Cologne, Mertes says, it is clear that he isn't "out there" like his predecessor. "We've got to cut him some slack, give him some time to grow into the persona. It's a question of comfort level. But we've been praying for him to be ok in this role." Mertes, who admitted that Pope Ratzinger's doctrinal approach is "too conservative...
...remembering people in his town taken away, never to return. John Paul II spoke about his own experiences every chance he could, about knowing Jews who were deported from his hometown in Poland. But perhaps Benedict, beyond a basic human shyness, also sees his role differently than his predecessor. He doesn't want to impose his own persona on the pontificate. He doesn't want his life's story to represent the Church's. He wants his words to educate as much as inspire. As a colleague who accompanied John Paul on his own first homecoming after his election, remarked...