habemus papam

"we have a pope." pope benedict the sixteenth, cardinal joseph ratzinger from germany is our new pope [i'm speaking only to the catholics], the 265th pope. the first pope in the third millenium. ratzinger is actually a close confidant of the late pope john paul the second. he called himself as "simple and humble worker".

because of his closeness to the late pope, he was expected to maintain the conservativeness of the catholic church.

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click here to read the story from yahoo! news.
click here to view some photos of the new pope.