{"id":5680,"date":"2006-09-20T12:48:58","date_gmt":"2006-09-20T12:48:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2006\/09\/poor-benedict.html"},"modified":"2006-09-20T12:48:58","modified_gmt":"2006-09-20T12:48:58","slug":"poor-benedict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2006\/09\/poor-benedict.html","title":{"rendered":"Poor Benedict"},"content":{"rendered":"

Carl Olson does a flawless job of dissecting a Baltimore Sun article filled with experts declaring Benedict’s academic blinders, professorial awkwardness and basic lack of People Skills.<\/a><\/p>\n

Take it, Carl:<\/p>\n

So, let’s summarize so far:<\/p>\n

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\u2022 Benedict doesn’t realize he is pope. This is because Germans, especially German academics (as opposed to American academics), have a hard time comprehending that they were actually elected pope. Whether this is due to excessive stupidity or humility is not clear.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Benedict doesn’t have "street smarts," which is to say, I’m guessing, that he never was the editor of America<\/em> magazine.<\/p>\n

\u2022 He’s not political enough, and is too "theologically oriented." And when it comes to the spiritual leadership of a billion Christians, that simply won’t do.<\/p>\n

\u2022 He’s not John Paul II. And we know that everyone \u2014 and I mean everyone \u2014 loved everything that John Paul II ever said or did. I dare you to find proof to the contrary.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

More.<\/a><\/p>\n

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