El Papa

I remember commenting, when the elderly Cardinal Ratzinger was elected as Pope Benedict 8 years ago, that the primary legacy of his inevitably short reign should be the creation of a stable platform for a subsequent incumbent to progress much needed modernisation.  I don’t think I’m far wrong in believing he’s achieved that.  It’s clear from his unprecedented,  in modern times at least, resignation, that the Pontiff has no intention of replicating the lengthy stagnation of natural growth that overshadowed the later years of Pope John Paul II’s leadership.  Although I don’t expect liberalism, I do expect reform and swiftly