Pope Benedict in England

a long list of links at the Anchoress.

includes this editorial that the NYTimes allowed to be printed, that suggests the constant cry that the church needs to modernize may not be true, considering the shrinking of Protestant churches that did just that..

best comment:
agenda. David
September 21st, 2010 | 5:20 pm | #8

Well, you chaps are a little parochial in the US. There is a wider world out there.

It was extraordinary to live through this weekend. By the end of the weekend, The News of the World, the UK’s biggest and most ferocious tabloid (sorta like The New York Post on steroids) was calling B16 “The People’s Pope”.

Papa Benedict had gone from “God’s Rottweiler” to “God’s English sheep dog” (Anne Widdecombe).

And you guys missed it all. Pity.