Papal choice elicits mixed responses
The selection of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger as the 265th pope Tuesday provoked a range of reactions on Yale's campus, with some expressing strong opinions about the cardinal's conservative background and others taking a wait-and-see approach.
Ratzinger, a 78-year-old conservative German cardinal who had been Pope John Paul II's closest adviser on doctrinal matters, was chosen by a secretive conclave of cardinals to lead the Catholic Church. Ratzinger took the papal name Benedict XVI.
The Rev. Robert Beloin, Yale's Roman Catholic chaplain, said Ratzinger is a capable, if...
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