Benedict XVI and the Inexpressibly Lonely
A thinker will lead the Catholic Church.
As many have been saying, he certainly does not lack a paper trail.
Excellent resources (among very many) on today’s announcement:
�• Kathryn Lopez is a one lady information center covering the good, bad and the ugly.
�• The Anchoress is simply a delight, and having fun keeping a scorecard.
�• Roman Catholic Blog is new and a must visit — just keep scrolling and celebrate this day of Joy with our Catholic Brothers and Sisters.
�•��Hugh Hewitt is, well, Hugh Hewitt in his relentless pursuit of media bigotry.
�• Don Singleton also has a nice roundup of commentary.
I’m particularly fond of Professor Bainbridge’s response to Andrew Sullivan’s rather, how shall we call it, narrow thinking.
Cliff Notes version:
So why is Sullivan so worked up? Here’s his real gripe in his own words:
… the impermissibility of any sexual act that does not involve the depositing of semen in a fertile uterus ….
It’s always about sex with Andrew, isn’t it?
Will the Church grow smaller as many now predict?
Benedict XVI has already covered this ground (remember, he is a thinker, and will probably always be miles ahead of others who like to think of themselves as thinkers) and is not afraid:
The Church, then Cardinal Ratzinger said, will
become small, and will to a great extent have to start over again. But after a time of testing, an internalized and simplified Church will radiate great power and influence; for the population of an entirely planned and controlled world are going to be inexpressibly lonely�Ķand they will then discover the little community of believers as something quite new. As a hope that is there for them, as they answer they have secretly always been asking for.
[F]or the population of an entirely planned and controlled world are going to be inexpressibly lonely.
This is why Benedict XVI is now Pope — he gets it.
April 20th, 2005 at 7:46 PM
Men in red dresses all met at the Vatican.
Giddy with pleasure ’ÄúWe get to be bad again!’Äù
Wining and dining with others in frocks
Hoping to rub against each others’Äô’Ķsocks.
Then the smoke rose!
Who will it be?
Who is the next pope?
A fellow named Ben, a former Nazi!
Another old pudgy dope!