Monday, April 18, 2005
MUST AVOID DICTATORSHIP OF RELATIVISM
Cardinal Ratzinger tells packed basilica that the new pope must not be a follower of novelties:
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The conservative front-runner in the election for a new pope warned fellow cardinals Monday that they must choose a pontiff to defend traditional doctrine and shun trendy innovation.
Joseph Ratzinger, the Vatican's doctrinal watchdog, issued a ringing defense of Roman Catholic orthodoxy at a special Mass just hours before cardinals were to lock themselves away in a conclave to elect a successor to Pope John Paul.
I hope the PTB were listening.