April 24, 2005


How Ratzinger Became Pope

Time reports "the inside story" of how Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger became Pope. Although he appeared "past his prime" by 2003, Ratzinger kept on publishing books and papers, and "became even more audible as a strong conservative voice in European and global affairs. He became particularly visible in Italy, which was expressing some nostalgia for an Italian papacy after more than 26 years of a Polish Pope. Ratzinger wrote several articles for major Italian papers" and, according to a Vatican official, he soon "had become the darling of the [conservative] Italian intelligentsia."


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