VATICAN CITY (National Catholic Register) – Pope Benedict XVI turns 80 April 16, just three days before he completes the second year of his pontificate. Having become pope at such a mature age, some believed he would accomplish little and would be merely a “caretaker pope.”
POPE WAVES AS HE ARRIVES FOR GENERAL AUDIENCE – Pope Benedict XVI waves as he arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican April 4. The pope turns 80 April 16, just three days before he completes the second year of his pontificate. (CNS/Reuters)
But that’s not how this pontificate is turning out: The holy father has already made his mark, powerfully reminding the world in his first encyclical that Christianity is primarily about God’s love, reaching out to a spiritually stricken Europe and Islam, and taking careful but firm steps toward Christian unity.
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