I found this article on the Pope interesting. From the intro:
Hopefully we'll see more good things to come.
Before he was elected Pope, the former Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger was known by such critical epithets as "God's rottweiler".
One year on, not only has he not bitten, he has barely even barked.
Indeed, Pope Benedict, a quiet, professorial type who was elected on April 19, 2005, has shown the world the gentle side of the man who was the Vatican's chief doctrinal enforcer for nearly a quarter of a century.
"People expected this stern schoolmaster who was going to wag his finger at you and hit your knuckles with a ruler," said Jesuit Father Tom Reese, senior fellow at the Woodstock Theological Center at Georgetown University.
"They had a very negative image of him and have been surprised by the smiling, pastoral personality with the fluffy white hair who could be quite charming."
Hopefully we'll see more good things to come.
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