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Blogging is a new "feature" of the internet. It allows an easier way to update web pages and gives a "log" type setup with some automatic features. This is the second Blog I've created, the first can be seen here. Archives 10 February 2002 07 April 2002 03 August 2003 17 August 2003 28 September 2003 05 October 2003 12 October 2003 19 October 2003 02 November 2003 09 November 2003 16 November 2003 30 November 2003 18 January 2004 08 February 2004 15 February 2004 29 February 2004 07 March 2004 21 March 2004 28 March 2004 04 April 2004 11 April 2004 18 April 2004 25 April 2004 20 June 2004 11 July 2004 16 January 2005 06 February 2005 06 March 2005 13 March 2005 20 March 2005 03 April 2005 10 April 2005 17 April 2005 01 May 2005 19 June 2005 10 July 2005 24 July 2005 31 July 2005 11 September 2005 18 September 2005 25 September 2005	2005/04/19 Habemus Papam The 265th successor to St. Peter, the Father of the Roman Catholic Church, Benedict XVI has been chosen to continue the work begun by St. Peter centuries ago. Much has been said by the media about the candidates for Pope even before the death of Pope John Paul II two weeks ago. It seemed as if, at least once a year, Time or Newsweek would run a cover story on who be the next Pope. Now that Pope Benedict XVI has been chosen, the media is already attacking him, finding people such as Sister Jeannine Gramick to call his election to Pope as "devastating". To Sister Gramick and other naysayers I have these few words of my own to offer. As practicing Catholics we have to believe that the Cardinals did not simply vote for who they personally felt should get the job. We have to believe that they were led by God to select Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger to follow Pope John Paul II. Once elevated to the position of Pope, we have to believe that any decisions he makes in guiding the Church is again, not based on personal feelings or beliefs, but are based upon divine inspiration from God. Although he is Pope, the successor of St. Peter, he is still just a man who can only know God and Jesus Christ through prayer. St. Peter was a contemporary of Jesus, living with Jesus for the two years of his ministry, but even he had trouble faithfully carrying on the work of Jesus, which only proves that no one, no matter how close to Jesus and God, is perfect. We need to be able to live with the shortcomings of man and realize that the Church has not survived 2,000 years through persecution, war, and corruption by bending to every whim of society. When it is time for a change, the Church will change, if their is a theological reason for doing so. In the meantime, Vive la Papam! Be good to yourself, Westley Annis westley@da-parish.com ============================================================= Got Tech Questions? We wrote the book! AnswerSquad Feel free to forward this to anyone you think is interested. Want to get your own copy? Visit our web site at http://www.da-parish.com to sign up or send an email to daparish-subscribe@yahoogroups.com posted by Westley at 4/19/2005 10:55:00 PM (0) comments HOME