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{weblog_name} - Is the Pope for Real?
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I realize coming from a person who followed a legend, people shouldn’t compare people to their predecessors. Heck, I had to follow Chuck Buerger as Publisher of the Baltimore Jewish Times. He was seen as the finest in his field. I know how Doug DeCinces – who replaced Brooks Robinson at third base for the Orioles—felt. But, I can’t help but see the let down with Pope Benedict XVI following Pope John Paul II, who made enormous strides in some many areas. Obviously I care mostly about the healing of the Catholic-Jewish relations.  Pope Benedict XVI made a mistake concerning Bishop Richard Williamson’s Holocaust denial. Now, Benedict XVI goes to Africa to tell Africans that condoms aren’t enough to prevent AIDS. Perhaps, he didn’t ask Bristol Palin’s views on the issue, but she’s proof that “abstinence only” education is… read more