Re: NY Times assessment...
Not bad - considering the source! Thanks for the lead, Benefan.
The "worst" the Times article could find to say was that B16 has "taken to stylish sunglasses and bright red shoes made by Prada." (As though the choice of color for the shoes were his!) Also, I object to the description of him as "a somewhat dowdy, professorish man" - when was Ratzi ever ever DOWDY????
Also, they didn't factor into the article the Pope's recent Motu Proprio on the Franciscans, quite a significant decisive step!
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P.S. Great "perspective" story on the Assissi changeover! All the more reason the Times article should have incorporated that development in their story. The Motu Proprio came down a few days ago. They had time to put it in.
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