“A New Pope but Not a New Path.”
In this article about the new Pontiff, Benedict XVI, the author tells about Cardinal Ratzinger’s life. He was known as Pope John Paul II enforcer. Cardinal Ratzinger was called many things for this such as “Joe the Rat” and God’s Rottweiler”. Cardinal Ratzinger is one of the most conservative men in the Roman Catholic Church today. He holds many of the beliefs that his predecessor held. Cardinal Ratzinger holds that Roman Catholicism is the one “true” religion and he does not believe in same sex marriage, or women priests, and stem cell research. Because of his conservative beliefs, Cardinal Ratzinger has alienated many liberal Roman Catholics here in America and in parts of Europe. For these reasons the Roman Catholic Church in Europe might see a steep decline because the new Pope views them as a morally decaying society in what is already a Roman Catholic declining society.
To be fair, the author of the article talks a little about the new Pope’s youth. In the 1960’s, Pope Benedict XVI was a liberal academic who served as an advisor to the Second Vatican Council. While serving the Council he supported many of their endeavors to opening the church. When Marxism reared its head in the late 1960’s Cardinal Ratzinger was pushed to become a conservative. He became involved in the Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith, and became its leader in which he loosed much liberation in Africa and in Latin America.
Many Roman Catholics want to see their church reignited in Europe and the West. Unfortunately, under this new Pope, these hopes have been obliterated. While he undoubtedly is a great and capable theologian, he lacks pastoral experience and the compassion it takes to view others beliefs. While his name Benedict would seem that his mission is to rekindle the church in Europe and the West, his achievements throughout his life and his lack of openness speak for themselves.
I believe that this author has done a good job to explain where the Roman Catholic Church is and where it needs to be going. The author does a good job in detailing who the new Pope is by pointing out important facts of his history.
Elected in 1958 as a ‘caretaker Pope’, Pope John XXIII implemented the greatest reforms in the Church’s history. His involvement within the Church had played a significant contribution to the reforming of social, political and liturgical Christian traditions. During the early twentieth century, the Catholic Church still held the century old conservative beliefs and traditions as they continued to separate the Church from the secular world, therefore, disadvantaging the Church to a world that was modernising. In addition to this, the Church restricted modernist thoughts due to the belief that new theologies would threaten the power and authority of the Church, but ...
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In the 21st century, the roman catholic church is a well followed religion with about 1.2 billion followers, the pope is a very famous and well known face around the world. The publicity of the pope comes from the billion followers of Roman Catholicism but, there was a time when the pope of the Roman Catholic church was viewed negatively as a result of permeating lies and encouraging acts of deceit. There was a time where the church was mostly about establishing ways to obtain money in an unfitting manner. As a result, this gave the church even more power and authority. Money is power, so the more money given to the church the more power the church would acquire. This money was given in purchases of indulgences which were pardons given by the priests to people who committed sins. While, Most people did not know or understand the wrongdoings done by Pope Gregory XI. There were few people who did know the wrongdoings by the
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Credibility: I believe I am credible to persuade you with this issue because as a citizen of this country myself I cannot idly sit by while the rights of others are disregarded by those who are meant to be our protectors. I have also researched many cases of police brutality and ways to prevent the issue.
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Police brutality is becoming more of a serious case in the United States as the year’s progress. The Rodney King riots of 1992 was a starting point for people starting to notice the brutality the police force was using against the public. This opened the eyes of many people and showing them that something needs to be done to solve this problem. As the crimes still continue to happen, the officers involved need to be punished more severely for their actions. A police officer should not be able to get around the laws and not get punished for things a normal civilian would do to get arrested. From 1992 Rodney King riots in LA to this current day, police corruption and brutality has increased greatly and needs to be resolved.
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There are many things Saint Benedict says that I do not agree with. He uses unauthorized violence, contradicts himself and the Bible, and gives the abbot too much power. Although he means well, you cannot place your own desires and wants above God’s. God is the one with the final say, even if we do not agree with him. God knows what is best, and if Saint Benedict understood this, he would