November 20, 2006
While Time Magazine Slept
A ThreeSources reader sent me a link to Time Magazine's article on Pope Benedict XVI over the weekend. The suggestion was that BXVI might be as important an ally in the War on Terror as JPII was for Reagan in the Cold War.
The article was good and I hope my friend is right. I took the time to complete an online survey at Time.com, where I gave them a harsh assessment of their product and a stark evaluation of how frequently I visit their site (Never, unless somebody sends me a link).
sisu does a much better post on the article than I would have, under the title While Time Magazine slept.
The blog post points out that somebody paying more attention would not have been quite as surprised as Time, that then Cardinal Ratzinger had shown definite proclivities, and that perhaps a real news organization should have paid more attention.
Freedom on the March Posted by jk at November 20, 2006 2:24 PM
Before Pope John Paul II died, there was discussions of the next Pope being from a country that has a "Islamic" problem, must like JPII was from a country that had a "Communist" problem.
The front runner was a Cardinal from Nigeria, some Catholics (myself included) were surprised that a German was picked. Though after reading Marc Steyn's "America Alone," it's easy to see how prescient the Pope's selection was.
It's obvious that Pope Benedict is willing to take on Islamicfascism head on. Witness his speech from a few month ago.
He's going to keep doing it, too.
Posted by: AlexC at November 20, 2006 3:24 PMAlex, Germany has a sizeable Turkish population. Turkey straddles the divide between East and West and therefore Christain and Muslim (as well as secular and religious).
Makes sense to me.
Posted by: TrekMedic251 at November 20, 2006 8:57 PMTrekmedic, I know... that's the thrust of my 2nd paragraph. Europe is slowly evoling into Eurabia, and Germany near the head of the pack.
Posted by: AlexC at November 21, 2006 12:39 AM | What do you think? [3]