Benedict's papacy begins with echoes of John Paul

From: International Herald Tribune | Date: April 26, 2005| Author: | Copyright information

Daniel J. Wakin
International Herald Tribune
04-26-2005
The memory of John Paul II lay draped over the installation of his successor, Benedict XVI, in ways profound and personal. In his homily Sunday, Benedict not only quoted his predecessor ''Be not afraid!'' but also returned to language he had used implying that John Paul was a saint. He even rode through the crowd in St. Peter's Square in an open car, a gesture reminiscent of John Paul's practice until an assassination attempt in 1981. ''The new pope, it seems to me, is harvesting what John Paul II sowed, and is sowing it in the same ...

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