New Pope Getting Criticized AlreadyLucianne highlighted this on her front page this afternoon. Look at the adjectives being used:
The
Associated Press:
Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger of Germany, the Roman Catholic Church's leading hard-liner...Reuters:
Arch-conservative German cardinal Joseph Ratzinger was elected Pope on Tuesday in a surprise choice that delighted traditionalist Roman Catholics but stunned moderates hoping for a more liberal papacy.The
New York Times:
As an ultraconservative, he had shut the door on any discussion on several issues, including the ordination of women, celibacy of priests and homosexuality, defending his positions by invoking theological truth. In the name of orthodoxy, he is in favor of a smaller church, but one that is more ideologically pure.President Bush:
President Bush on Tuesday called newly elected Pope Benedict XVI a "man of great wisdom and knowledge."
He is "a man who serves the Lord," Bush said of the pope, formerly Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, who has been a leading church hard-liner.