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Topeka has MINUTEMAN PROJECT: BIG HELP OR BIG PAIN? Cardinals little love ponder for hateful pizzazz of preacher Unlikely allies now next saying no to strident It’s generally thought anti-gay messages. new pontiff must be a D great communicator.

BY ROY BRAGG D EXPRESS-NEWS NATIONAL WRITER BY LAURIE GOODSTEIN TOPEKA, Kan. — After a AND DANIEL J. WAKIN 15-year barrage of protests, NEW YORK TIMES name-calling and intimida- tion, folks in this normally ROME — The Catholic car- quiet Midwestern city are dinals will take an oath of se- fighting back against the tac- crecy when they enter the tics of the virulently anti-gay conclave to elect the next ministry of pope, but in the week since the Westboro John Paul II’s death many Baptist have been publicly dropping Church. hints about what kind of man An unlikely the church now needs. band of resi- The enormous outpouring dents here — of affection for Pope John gay and Paul II clearly has had an im- straight, lib- pact on their thinking. PHELPS eral and con- PHOTOS BY BAHRAM MARK SOBHANI/STAFF Many of the said in servative, religious and non- Minuteman volunteer Bill Breaux of Houston stands atop his truck as he scans the desert near Naco, Ariz. noticeably similar language believer — is standing up to that the next pope must above Pastor Fred Phelps and his all be a communicator who 100-member flock, who have can sustain the grass-roots en- waged rhetorical war against thusiasm, especially among everyone they perceive as youths, that was generated by enemies. John Paul. Among Westboro’s ene- Border brouhaha With all but three of the 117 mies: gays and anyone who cardinal-electors selected by doesn’t hate them; AIDS vic- Number of crossings them — some armed — were him, it’s highly unlikely the tims and their families; Presi- expected to begin patrolling new pope will depart from dents Bush, Clinton and Rea- has dropped, but Arizona border areas for un- John Paul’s conservatism on gan; the U.S. military and the reason is disputed. documented immigrants, an contraception, divorce, police; judges and politicians; exercise some fear could at- women or the range of evangelist Billy Graham, “Fo- D tract racist crackpots and lead what the church considers to cus on the Family” icon to violence. be “sanctity of life” issues James Dobson, the religious BY HERNÁN ROZEMBERG Jim Gilchrist, a former ac- from stem cell research to right and most other ; EXPRESS-NEWS IMMIGRATION WRITER countant from southern Cali- abortion and euthanasia. the nation of Sweden; and fornia who organized the pro- Before the pope’s death, anyone who doesn’t interpret RANCHO LA MORITA, ject, said more than 1,500 peo- many cardinals and commen- the Bible exactly the way it’s Mexico — Following the 28- ple registered initially but tators said a decisive factor filtered through the old time, hour bus ride, they trekked fewer than 500 showed up. would be geography — fires-of-hell pulpit of Pastor for eight hours in the prickly, (Critics have said the volun- whether the next pope should Phelps. barren desert until they were teer counts are exaggerated. come from Europe, where the Phelps believes gays de- 150 yards from the border: a Gilchrist and other organizers church is shrinking, or from serve to die. Anyone who rickety fence comprising four have refused to reveal the reg- Latin America, Africa or shows kindness to gays, he worn strings of barbed wire. istration list, citing partici- parts of Asia, where the says, deserves even worse. On the other side, the pants’ privacy.) church is experiencing often And the rest of the world? United States. By the end of the week, 380 uncontrolled growth. Well, in Phelps’ view, its Tantalizingly close to their A Mexican migrant pauses to look across at Minuteman Project volunteers remained, but re- Instead, they say they’re ticket already has been intended destination, the 10 volunteers lining the border near Agua Prieta, Mexico. The group placements were expected, Gil- looking for someone who can punched and a righteous friends from a village in cen- the man was with decided to turn back. christ said. project universal appeal with smiting is on its way. tral Mexico stopped. They Some had taken extended a personal humility and pasto- While gay marriage bans could see something was hap- are dangerous people with der from Douglas, Ariz. leaves from work to watch the ral presence that embodies have been on the political pening on the American side. guns out there. The best thing Score one for the Minute- border, working 8-hour shifts the message of the Gospel, as front burner since President There were SUVs. There were you can do is turn around and man Project. The ragtag and at designated posts along a 23- they say John Paul did. Bush proposed a constitu- men, too. go home.” controversial collection of vol- mile stretch of it. It’s not, many cardinals said tional amendment that would “You won’t be able to get Giving the border fence one unteers has descended on the Many participants weren’t in interviews, that they must outlaw the practice, Phelps through,” Héctor Salazar, an last look, the group of friends U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona talking much about immigra- choose a great orator. has been preaching intoler- agent with Grupo Beta, Mexi- reluctantly mounted an orange to become temporary de facto tion. What mattered most to “He doesn’t have to be John ance of homosexuals for dec- co’s migrant-aid agency, pickup. And then they headed border guards. Paul II and have the same fin- warned the travelers. “There back to a town across the bor- Last week, hundreds of See MINUTEMEN/12A See TOPEKA/4A See AUTHENTICITY/6A

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British Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor Cardinals adopt silence; (from left) and U.S. Cardinals Theodore Edgar McCarrick, Edward Egan and Justin Rome empties of pilgrims Francis Rigali attend a Mass in Vote to be mum about a common symbol with roots could be a tight competition St. Peter’s Basilica in early Christianity. between reformers and conser- at the Vatican. their conclave is The grave is in the small vatives. The conclave to unprecedented. grotto once occupied by the Navarro-Valls said 115 prel- elect the next sarcophagus of Pope John ates will participate in the pope begins on D XXIII, which was moved into conclave, which will begin April 18. the main floor of St. Peter’s April 18 — all the cardinals BY NIKO PRICE Basilica after his 2000 beatif- under the age of 80 except for ASSOCIATED PRESS ication because so many pil- Cardinal Jaime Sin of the Phi- grims wanted to visit his lippines and Cardinal Alfonso — Cardinals tomb. Antonio Suarez Rivera of Mex- began “an intense period of si- The unanimous vote Satur- ico, who are too sick to attend. lence and prayer” before their day by 130 cardinals to main- John Paul took the name of conclave to choose the next tain public silence about John an additional cardinal — kept pope, saying Saturday they’d Paul’s successor was unprece- secret apparently to protect ANDREW MEDICHINI/ASSOCIATED PRESS stop speaking publicly to pro- dented. But in an era of con- him from a government that tect the strict secrecy sur- tinuous news updates and con- represses religious activity — rounding the centuries-old tra- stant speculation, Vatican to the grave. Authenticity called key quality dition. spokesman Joaquin Navarro- Cardinal was The throngs of pilgrims who Valls called the media ban an quoted by the German newspa- CONTINUED FROM 1A has an unusually large number man and guiding force. Ratzin- attended John Paul II’s funeral “act of responsibility.” per Allgemeine Zeitung as say- of “papabili,” the Italian word to ger is one of only three current Friday flowed out of Rome, He asked journalists not to ing race and background will gerprints,” said Cardinal J. describe those with papal poten- cardinal-electors have ever have leaving mainly tourists in a ask the cardinals for inter- play a role in the choice of the Francis Stafford, formerly the tial. attended a conclave. quiet, rainy St. Peter’s Square. views and said they shouldn’t next pope, but there were no of Denver and now a The cardinals are loath to But old age may hurt. Ratzin- Italian Cardinal Francesco take the prelates’ silence as an clear favorites and “probably high-ranking Vatican official. mention names. From the com- ger will turn 78 next Saturday. Marchisano celebrated the sec- act of “discourtesy.” also no firm alliances.” “He just has to be his authentic ments of many, the field genu- “This is a very strong person- ond Mass for John Paul in St. “The cardinals, after the fu- “One must be moved self. And if they see he’s authen- inely seems to be wide open. ality, of great intelligence, faith Peter’s Basilica, a daily rite neral Mass of the Holy Father, through voting, contacts and tic, that he’s honest — and they But by describing the quali- and openness,” Cardinal Zenon over nine days that began with began a more intense period of discussion to a consensus,” he will see that, that’s all they ties they desire, educated Grocholewski said. “The prob- the funeral Mass. His homily silence and prayer, in view of was quoted as saying. need. He will lead them to guesses can be made about seri- lem is his advanced age.” praised “this infinite human- the conclave,” Navarro-Valls John Paul was the first non- Christ, and that’s all that’s nec- ous contenders, always with the Perhaps a young, vigorous ity” that he called the late said. “They unanimously de- Italian pope in 455 years. Some essary.” often-repeated caveat about con- man would be attractive, after pope’s hallmark. cided to avoid interviews and cardinals have called for a La- Stafford and others spoke be- claves, “go in a pope, come out a so many years of the world see- The Vatican also released encounters with the media.” tin American pope to reflect fore Saturday, when Vatican cardinal.” ing an increasingly ailing John photographs of the pope’s At least two cardinals later the huge number of Catholics spokesman Joaquin Navarro- One man who fits many of the Paul. tomb, a marble slab, turned down requests for in- in the region. Valls announced the cardinals current criteria is Cardinal Dio- The Viennese archbishop, slightly raised off the floor and terviews. Others have said the papacy had decided unanimously “to nigi Tettamanzi, the archbishop Christoph Schoenborn, 60, fits tilted, with the Latin letters The lack of access to the car- should return to an Italian, avoid interviews and contact of Milan. He reminds many Ital- that bill. He’s the fourth-young- IOANNES PAULUS PPII, and dinals was unlikely to stem while there are contenders with the media.” ian Catholics of an earlier est of the cardinals, and widely the dates of his 26-year reign. the speculation about John from elsewhere in Europe, as The cardinals have been meet- much-beloved pope, John XXIII, respected for being learned and It also bears the first two let- Paul’s successor, with world- well as from Nigeria and In- ing daily as a body since John with his short and fat appear- articulate. ters of Christ’s name in Greek, wide interest peaking in what dia. Paul died. ance and his warmth. The scion of an aristocratic “The cardinals have begun a One factor mentioned as de- family with numerous clerical period of more intense silence sirable on the next pope’s members over the centuries, and prayer in the face of the agenda is to continue forging Schoenborn is well-thought-of conclave,” he said. The conclave closer ties with other religions for how he handled the sex scan- Bush speaks on John Paul II’s legacy begins April 18. and other Christian denomina- dals that shamed his predeces- He says pope in his weekly radio address. century: communism,” Bush The men who’ll elect one of tions. sor. He said the services that said. “And soon he taught the their own to be the leader of a “You don’t want a clash of re- However, some fault him for championed the ideal brought kings, presidents and communist rulers in Warsaw church of more than a billion ligions,” said Cardinal Avery showing coldness in handling of freedom. pilgrims from across the globe and Moscow that moral truth people make up the most ethni- Dulles, a professor at Fordham his staff and for reacting poorly to Rome was a “powerful and had legions of its own and a cally and geographically diverse University and a highly re- to a dispute with another Aus- D moving reminder of the pro- force greater than their armies in history, spected theologian who is now trian . He belongs to the found impact this pope had on and secret police.” thanks to the effort by John too old to vote. Dominican religious order. ASSOCIATED PRESS our world.” Bush became the first sitting Paul to increase the number of He identified ecumenism as Then there is region: Should As Bush seeks to spread de- U.S. president to attend a papal non-Italians. one of two priorities for the next the new pope come from a devel- WACO — President Bush mocracy, he often calls freedom funeral. During his flight back Twenty-one come from Latin pope, along with pushing for- oping country? Perhaps, this praised Pope John Paul II on a gift from God. He said John to the United States, he said the America, one of the world’s fas- ward with John Paul’s effort to line of reasoning goes, the tim- Saturday for facing down total- Paul embraced this ideal dur- funeral touched him more than test-growing Catholic zones, giv- evangelize in the West. ing would be perfect for a pope itarianism and showing com- ing his youth in , when he expected and would be a ing it one more than the tradi- On a practical level, candida- to address poverty, just as the munist rulers that “moral truth he eluded the Gestapo to attend highlight of his presidency. tional power, Italy. cies will be pushed by what are Cold War demanded a Karol had legions of its own.” an underground seminary. “Today’s ceremony, I bet you, The United States and Canada known among Vatican watchers Wojtyla, who became John Paul Just back from the pope’s fu- “Later, when he was named for millions of people was a have 14; Africa and Asia each as grand electors — influential II. neral Friday night, Bush paid Poland’s youngest bishop, he reaffirmation for many and a has 11; Europe, where in some cardinals who can sway votes or Cardinal of Ni- his final respects to the late came face to face with the other way to make sure doubts don’t countries the church is hemor- at the least are looked to for geria, who’s also heavily in- leader of the great totalitarianism of the 20th seep into your soul,” he said. rhaging the faithful, has 58. guidance. volved in relations with Mus- The youngest cardinal-elector They tend to be prominent lims, is a perennial favorite. is 52 years old; the oldest will members of Vatican congrega- Arinze has been a Vatican offi- turn 80 in June. tions where they meet other car- cial for 20 years, and is head of LEARN They’re roughly divided be- dinals, or frequent travelers, or the department regulating wor- TO DANCE tween those who work in the men who by sheer force of intel- ship and the sacramental prac- PRIVATE & GROUP LESSONS with Personal Dancetrainers Vatican Curia, carrying out the lect and personality are given tice. 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More than at past conclaves ogy and is deeply respected for “Then he needs to be able to re- — the closed-door meeting in his learning and decisiveness. late to the poor when he goes to the Sistine Chapel where the He’s also the dean of the car- places like or Morocco or cardinals will vote — this one dinals, effectively their chair- Burkina Faso.”

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Metro Edition ★ www.MySanAntonio.com THE VOICE OF SOUTH TEXAS SINCE 1865 50¢ Crystals may be sunken energy treasure Race is on to harvest tions around the globe are racing to the ocean environment and speed- find and ultimately tap vast deposits ing up global warming. ‘The ice that burns’ Cardinals potent undersea fuel. of gas-bearing methane hydrate, an Those are unknowns that the D energy source that could dwarf the crew of the research vessel Uncle Methane hydrate is a combina- planet’s remaining accessible oil, John hope to help answer this tion of gas and water, molded into BY ANTON CAPUTO coal and natural gas reserves. month as they drill into crystal for- icy chunks by pressure and cold. EXPRESS-NEWS STAFF WRITER Unfortunately, no one is sure how mations in the Gulf of Mexico, off It would take about 500 cubic to accurately find large accumula- the Texas and Louisiana coasts. feet of methane hydrate to fuel Far beneath the shifting waves of tions of crystals, or safely and eco- The 35-day scientific expedition is the average home for a year. the earth’s oceans lie frozen crystals nomically withdraw the gas from part of a four-year, $13.6-million pro- prepare Relatively large accumulations ex- containing enough natural gas to the depths. ject the U.S. Department of Energy ist off the coasts of Oregon, Wash- meet the nation’s growing energy And some scientists are warning and private energy companies are ington and the Carolinas, as well as needs for decades — maybe even that a misstep in the pursuit of me- conducting in the gulf. in Alaska. They have also been centuries. thane hydrate could lead to cata- found in the Gulf of Mexico. It may sound far-fetched, but na- strophic consequences — ruining See METHANE HYDRATE/4A for big WATER WAR OUT WEST decision

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VATICAN CITY — Bringing their suitcases and per- sonal views on the future of the church, the cardinals who will select the next pope settled in their rooms Sunday in the Vatican hotel that will be their home until the world’s 1.1 billion Catholics have a new leader. The conclave starts today af- ter the 115 red-robed cardinals “The new pope join a formal procession into the Sistine Chapel, where ef- has already forts to maintain the secrecy of been chosen by deliberations have included in- stalling jamming devices to foil the Lord. We sophisticated eavesdropping equipment. just have to But the cardinals’ arrival at pray to the $20 million Domus Sanctae Marthae took them into the im- understand posed isolation of the papal who he is.” election — which has not lasted longer than five days in the FLORENCE CARDINAL past century but remains an open-ended process. The last conclave in 1978 took eight ballots over three days to choose Pope John Paul II. “The new pope has already been chosen by the BILLY CALZADA/STAFF Lord. We just have to pray to understand who he is,” Zachry Davis, a rancher and farmer in Kinney County, says he is not being allotted enough water by the local groundwater district. Florence Cardinal Ennio Antonelli told the congrega- tion at St. Andrea delle Fratte, his a Some see speculators behind move to loosen marketers with powerful political ing the bill. short stroll from Rome’s famous Spanish Steps. connections waiting in the shad- At the heart of the controversy Historically, before being locked in the Sistine Cha- Kinney County district’s tight grip on the spigot. ows to buy up their water and sell are water rights. The Kinney D it to San Antonio. groundwater district, like others See VATICAN/6A Those suspicions have been throughout the state, is authorized BY JERRY NEEDHAM year-old pond alive with flow from fueled in recent weeks by a move by law to issue the permits allow- EXPRESS-NEWS STAFF WRITER an artesian well. in the Texas Legislature to dis- ing landowners to pump a limited But soon, he says, the pond and solve the 3-year-old Kinney amount of water each year based BRACKETTVILLE — Zachry oaks may dry up and die — vic- County Groundwater Conserva- on their historic use. Davis jabs a thumb at an idyllic tims of an old-fashioned South- tion District and place the county Forty-four people in Kinney Wall Street looks scene, a crystal clear pond nestled west Texas water war. under the supervision of the San County applied for those water alongside a shady grove of live That war has rendered a bitter Antonio-headquartered Edwards rights. Most walked away with far oaks on his 400-acre spread. split, pitting the local water au- Aquifer Authority. less than they asked for and far for better news Davis, a lifelong resident of this thority and its town-dwelling sup- One of the water companies, ac- less than the district’s hired ex- arid scrub country where life re- porters against rural landowners cording to a lawmaker who sup- volves around water, keeps his 45- — and, some accuse, water ports the bill, had a hand in writ- See KINNEY/4A down the road Week’s earnings reports could either A KISS FROM THE UGLY KING support or counter fears about economy. On an Iraqi weekend, D BY JONATHAN FUERBRINGER the enemy is rumors NEW YORK TIMES After last week’s market plunge — when America’s Reports of kidnapping, the National Assembly met, the three main stock gauges fell more than 3 percent — country’s top political figures Wall Street and unusually nervous individual inves- killings apparently warned of a grave sectarian INSIDE tors are looking to the flood of earnings reports this turn out to be false. crisis. week to see how optimistic corporate America is in its The nation’s most revered ■ CLUE #4 outlook for the economy. D Shiite cleric and its most noto- The next tip Almost a third of the companies in the Standard & rious terrorist fugitive weighed in the $2,500 Poor’s 500-stock index and almost half the 30 compa- BY ROBERT F. W ORTH in on the matter with state- cascarón hunt/1B nies that make up the Dow Jones industrial average NEW YORK TIMES ments of their own. And the de- ■ Fun, food, the are to report earnings for the first three months of the parting prime minister re- Fiesta Mass and a year. BAGHDAD, Iraq — Anyone leased a statement decrying the royal rooster/1B But more important, many of them will comment on in the capital Sunday morning “savage, filthy and dirty atroc- the financial quarters ahead and could either counter ■ Schedule could have been forgiven for ities” in Madaen. or reinforce the current pessimism about the economy. of events/3B thinking the country was on But as the army battalions Among the big names are Intel, a bellwether for the the verge of civil war. arrived in Madaen, they saw ■ Dietitians dish already struggling technology sector, whose shares fell Three Iraqi army battalions streets full of people calmly go- out advice on 5 percent last week, and Caterpillar, a company whose had surrounded the town of ing about their business. navigating the earnings and stock price are hurt when economic Madaen, just south of here, There were no armed Sunni fat and calorie growth slows. Caterpillar’s stock plunged nearly 8 per- where Sunni kidnappers were mobs, no cowering Shiite vic- J. MICHAEL SHORT/SPECIAL TO THE EXPRESS-NEWS minefield/1C cent last week. said to be threatening to kill tims. After hours of careful Judge Tom Rickhoff (left) gets a kiss from Rey Feo Dick Tips But early earnings warnings from companies such hundreds of Shiite hostages un- after being crowned Sticky Wickets King. Sticky Wickets less all Shiites left the town. As See RUMORS/6A founder Sister Odilia Korenek was named queen. See INVESTORS/6A

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6A SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS MONDAY, APRIL 18, 2005 D Vatican conclave begins today Rumors of hostages CONTINUED FROM 1A prove false in Iraq pel, the cardinals already coa- lesced around several favorites, CONTINUED FROM 1A thanks to formal daily meet- U.S. death toll ings and informal encounters searches, the soldiers — assisted in the days after the pope’s by air surveillance — arrested As of Sunday, at least 1,554 death. The strength of support some people suspected of being members of the U.S. military have becomes clear in that first vote. insurgents, but they found no died since the beginning of Gulf Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, evidence of any kidnappings. War II March 2003, according to 78, one of the pope’s closest Sunday evening, a few politi- an Associated Press count. At aides and a doctrinal conserva- cal leaders still were insisting least 1,179 died as a result of hos- tive, appeared to have the some hostages might yet be tile action, according to the De- largest bloc. found. But Iraqi army officials fense Department as of Friday. Italian analysts said his op- were reporting that the crisis in The figures include four civilian contractors. ponents might first vote for Madaen — which had been nar- Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini, rated in a stream of breathless Latest deaths: 78, a former Milan archbishop television reports and news bul- ■ Three soldiers were killed in who is more progressive and a letins — appeared to be nothing mortar attacks Saturday at a base much-respected figure. But he but a tissue of rumors and polit- near Ramadi. is considered too infirm to be ically motivated accusations. — Associated Press pope; the votes would serve as The seeming hysteria over a show of force and might, in Madaen was one vivid illustra- later rounds, be shifted to a tion of the way Iraq’s daily vio- few days later. more viable candidate. lence and sectarian tensions — Sunni Arabs and Shiites often But new options could which are real enough — can be have clashed in the area south emerge Tuesday. easily twisted into fantasy here. of Baghdad, particularly the “After the first scrutiny, you In a country where telephones lawless zone known as the Tri- see the way things are going,” are unreliable and roads be- angle of Death, northeast of Ma- said Ambrogio Piazzoni, a con- tween cities are frequently daen. clave historian who works in blocked, it often is hard to tell Friday night, Interior Minis- the Vatican library. “Slowly, the difference between fact and try officials said the police in slowly, you arrive at a major- rumor. And most people have Madaen were reporting that a ity.” good reason to believe the worst. group of Sunnis with roots in In fact, opening favorites of- Iraq’s current political tur- Anbar province, where sectar- ten do not pick up enough moil also makes it hard to deter- ian tensions recently have in- steam during the early rounds mine the truth. creased, had kidnapped three of secret balloting. Compromise PIER PAOLO CITO/ASSOCIATED PRESS Some of the early reports Shiites and threatened to kill candidates emerge, and power- Brazilian Cardinal , archbishop of Sao Salvador da Bahia, Brazil, is cheered by about the Madaen kidnappings them unless all Shiites agreed to broker cardinals shift their children after celebrating a Mass in St. Gregory church in Rome. on Friday night came from Shi- leave the town. support. Cardinals decide dur- ite political figures who are bit- The scale of the story, with its ing meals or after-dinner strolls needed to elect a pontiff during terly angry at the departing gov- overtones of Bosnia- ethnic and convey their preferences in early balloting. Under rules up- ernment of Prime Minister cleansing, grew quickly. On Sat- quiet chats. dated in 1996 by the late pontiff, Ayad Allawi. In the past, some urday, Iraqiya television re- The cardinals have much to it could shrink to a simple ma- Shiites have been quick to em- ported 150 hostages had been ponder in the wake of the jority at some point in the sec- phasize any hints that his gov- taken. Western news agencies third-longest papacy in history. ond week. ernment may be losing control. began reporting that Shiites This conclave feels the full Another new element comes The Shiites’ anger at Allawi, a were fleeing Madaen and seek- weight of the church’s modern with this conclave: Bells will secular Shiite and former Baath- ing refuge to the south and that challenges, including the influ- ring after a new pope is chosen ist, derives in part from his deci- Iraqi army units were preparing ence of Islam, competition from in an effort to avoid confusion sion to rehire a number of other to sweep into the town. evangelical Christians, the fall- over the color of the smoke former Baathists into the gov- Reuters distributed photo- out from sex scandals, wafting from the chapel’s chim- ernment and military. Like the graphs of what it described as the roles of women and the ney as ballots are burned. The Kurds, Iraq’s Shiites were bru- residents of the town leaving need to reconcile Vatican teach- smoke is black if balloting fails tally oppressed by Saddam Hus- Sunday as rumors spread of the ings that ban condom use with to produce a pontiff and white sein’s Baathist government. military operation there. worries about AIDS. They also if a choice is made. “We are in a political vac- In the end, the Iraqi army offi- must seek a global pastor with The next pope’s name will be uum,” said Sabah Kadhim, a cers who searched Madaen de- enough charisma to flourish in announced from the central spokesman for Iraq’s departing livered their own, more mea- an image-driven age. balcony of the basilica a short interior minister, Falah al-Na- sured verdict. For the first time, credible time later. qib. “Politicians will be politic- “This issue was exaggerated papal contenders come from at Just about the only advice ians, but I blame them for not for political reasons related to least three distinct regions: Eu- John Paul gave on how to forming a government quickly the formation of the new gov- rope, Africa and Latin Amer- choose the pope was this: Pick enough.” ernment,” said Maj. Gen. Mud- ica. the person who is “most suited Allawi handed in his resigna- hir Mola Abboud of the Iraqi The Turin daily newspaper to govern the universal church tion as prime minister last Army. “We entered the city and La Stampa reported many car- in a fruitful and beneficial week, but the new Shiite-led did not find any hostages.” dinals, preparing for a stressful way.” And he urged the one se- coalition government has not stretch ahead, have packed lected not to flee the burden. yet taken power, and many of its DANCE compact disc players and head- Historians, in fact, cite some members are impatient. RIVER CITYSTUDIO phones along with prayer cases of deep reluctance. Kadhim said he also blames Ballroom • Salsa • C/W books and their red hats. Other GREGORIO BORGIA/ASSOCIATED PRESS When Cardinal Giuseppe the media for running stories INTRODUCTORY SPECIAL LIMITED % prelates, it reported, brought Cardinal Roger Michael Mahony of Los Angeles hands over his Sarto, about to become Pius X without credible sources, fur- TIME 40off along favorite snacks. robe to his driver as he leaves the North American College in after an acrimonious conclave ther inflaming the crisis. He did (By phone 50% Off) The public was to get one Rome on his way to the Vatican. in 1903, was asked the tradi- not single out any particular 734-2355 more chance to view the cardi- tional question of whether he news organizations. nals before they begin their de- Later in the day, the cardi- “in our hearts in love and in would accept the papacy, sev- The urban legends in Madaen liberations. This morning, a nals were to gather in the patience.” eral accounts describe him as did not grow from nothing. A “Your entire team was special Mass at St. Peter’s Bas- Apostolic Palace for a proces- Once inside the chapel, the tearful and almost desperate. group of traveling Shiites was first class” ilica was scheduled in the sion to the Sistine Chapel while prelates can decide to hold a “Oh, my dear mamma, my kidnapped last week near the memory of John Paul, who chanting a hymn seeking inspi- single ballot. If not, they will good mamma!” he is quoted as town, 10 miles south of Bagh- died April 2 at the age of 84 and ration from the Holy Spirit, fol- begin voting Tuesday morning saying. “I accept, on the cross.” dad, Iraqi Interior Ministry offi- is buried with many other lowed by a prayer in Latin by with four ballots a day. cials said Sunday. That gener- in the grottoes reached Ratzinger, the dean of the Col- At least 77 votes — or two- The New York Times contrib- ated a retaliatory kidnapping of by stairs near the altar. lege of Cardinals, to be guided thirds of those attending — are uted to this report. a group of Sunnis by Shiites a 494-1313 Investors hoping for positive news CONTINUED FROM 1A lows for the year. week from the March 22 meeting “I’m nervous,” said James of Fed policy-makers, panel mem- as General Motors and Ford al- Paulsen, chief investment officer bers talked of solid job growth ready have discouraged inves- at Wells Capital Management. and capital spending and ex- tors, and IBM’s surprise earn- “Although the market sold off pressed concern about inflation- ings shortfall last week was one earlier this year and had a ary pressures. reason stocks dropped so sharp decline in the beginning Since then, it has been reported sharply. of 2003, this feels a little bit dif- that job growth slowed in March And while earnings growth ferent. Maybe it’s the violence of and that retail sales were much for the quarter is expected to be it.” weaker than expected last month. respectable, that growth is Only six weeks ago, on March The United States’ record trade likely to be well below the pace 4, the Dow Jones industrials deficit with the rest of the world of last year. stood just 59 points from 11,000 in February also showed that Whether or not the answer on and both the Dow and the S&P American exports were sluggish. the economic outlook from cor- 500 were at their highest levels Even if the market stabilizes, it porate executives is positive, it since summer 2001. is not clear it can get back onto a is clear the mood of investors Investors were worried then track to new highs. That’s be- has changed markedly. about economic growth being a cause stocks are falling now on a Investors finally seem to be- little too strong and emerging surge in fears of slower economic lieve high crude oil and gasoline inflationary pressures. growth. prices are curtailing consumer Now, the Dow is just 87 points But if that concern passes, in- spending, slowing economic from 10,000 and the two gauges vestors are likely to be faced with growth and cutting into corpo- are on the verge of giving up all the consequences of stronger rate earnings. the gains since the November growth: inflation pressures and The suddenness of this shift, election. higher interest rates from the based on just a few new eco- The shift in mood and eco- Federal Reserve. nomic reports last week, is nomic outlook has been so “We don’t have a lot of evi- probably why the market fell so swift, Federal Reserve officials dence that things are terrible, sharply. It had its worst week appear to have been caught flat- yet,” said Thomas McManus, eq- since August, and all three footed. uity strategist at Banc of America main market gauges are at new In the minutes released last Securities.

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Widely credited with paving the road for other female Tejano singers in the male-dominated genre, Laura Canales has died. Canales, once known as “La Reina de la Onda Tejana” (the Queen of Te- jano music), died Sat- urday night in a Cor- pus Christi hospital from gall bladder sur- gery complications, in- cluding a severe case of pneumonia. “She was such a fighter, such a vibrant CANALES person, that we just kept expecting her to pull out of this, and we kept expecting her to sit up and just stare at us and say, ‘Get over it’ — that was her favorite term,” said Canales family spokesman Javier “J.V.” Villanueva, CEO of the Tejano ROOTS Hall of Fame in Alice. After news of her death spread over the weekend, radio stations began playing her music, and fans from throughout the country and as far as Japan and Iraq posted messages on the Tejano ROOTS Web site. “Laurita, you are now singing in EDWARD A. ORNELAS/STAFF heaven to Jesus and Pope John Paul The Fiesta San Antonio Commission float passes the crowd at the Arneson River Theater during the Fiesta River Parade. II,” wrote Robert L. Mendiola of Alice. “But your music will live on forever bout 200,000 parade-watchers lined the banks of the San Antonio River, perched MORE COVERAGE INSIDE in our hearts and minds, thank you ■ Silent pilgrimage to the Alamo/1B for the memories and beautiful atop bridges and hung off balconies Monday night to watch the Fiesta River Parade. ■ Retired cabbie wins treasure hunt/10B songs.” This year’s theme was “Rio Festival.” See story on Page 8A. ■ Schedule of Fiesta events/10B The first female Tejano singer to A ■ Pooch Parade preview/1C make it big, Canales, 50, is credited with paving the way for singers such as Selena, Shelly Lares and Elida Reyna of Elida y Avante. Canales was born Aug. 19, 1954, in NSA growth likely will be magnet for even more jobs Kingsville. She was inspired to get into music by her high school choral Some contractors to expand. curity Agency is expected to attract based Corporate Office Properties Trust, The trust’s biggest tenant is the U.S. director, Millicent Wiley. more military contractors to its new site which bought the plant and leased it to government, and one of its biggest hold- In 1973, she made her recording de- High-tech spinoffs possible. in western San Antonio. the Army Corps of Engineers on behalf ings is a site called the National Busi- but with Los Unicos, and then joined D The NSA, the federal government’s of the NSA. ness Park, located near the NSA’s Fort the seminal group el Conjunto Bernal. cryptology branch, announced last week Griffin said the trust bought addi- Meade headquarters in Maryland and Her first regional hit was a cover of BY L.A. LOREK it had leased the former Sony plant at tional land around the site in anticipa- filled with NSA contractors. “Midnight Blue,” which she per- EXPRESS-NEWS BUSINESS WRITER Loop 410 and Military Drive and would tion of building more offices for military Some of the nation’s biggest military formed with Snowball & Co. move at least 1,500 jobs there. contractors. Some of San Antonio’s mil- contractors — including Titan Corp., She married drummer Balde Munoz The same way Toyota Motor Manu- “It will start to unfold later this year itary contractors will relocate nearer Booz Allen Hamilton, CACI and SACI facturing of Texas is attracting suppliers in terms of who needs to be there,” said the NSA, while others will expand local See CANALES/7A to its South Side plant, the National Se- Rand Griffin, president of Maryland- operations, he said. See NSA/7A Expectant throng waits S.A. to see papal exhibit

Vatican will send art, most ancient dating to the third in vain for white smoke century. artifacts and papers The exhibit, which also will BY MICHELLE KOIDIN JAFFEE ney as the 115 cardinals headed here in October. travel to Montreal and Milwau- EXPRESS-NEWS STAFF WRITER off to begin their secret conclave. kee, will open at the Convention The crowd knew what to look D Center on Oct. 15 and run VATICAN CITY — Hours be- for: If the smoke from burning through Jan. 8. fore anything was expected to the ballots was black, no cardi- BY AMY DORSETT It’s similar to an exhibit of the happen, they began scanning the nal had received the necessary EXPRESS-NEWS STAFF WRITER same name that toured four U.S. rooftops for a chimney pipe with two-thirds majority; if it was cities within recent years, draw- a cone-shaped top. white from a chemical added to Precious Vatican objects ing 700,000 visitors. They wanted to be sure where the burning ballots, the world’s rarely seen in or outside of Pat Rodgers, spokesman for to look for the smoke that would 1.1 billion Catholics would have Rome are headed to San Anto- the Archdiocese of San Antonio, signify the end of the first vote a new leader. nio, one of three cities in North viewed the exhibit when it was by the cardinals, and maybe, just “My heart is definitely going America selected to host an ex- in Houston and was impressed. maybe, the election of a new to race,” said Samer Naoum, a hibit documenting the evolution “I thought it was amazing,” pope. 25-year-old writer from San of the papacy through art, arti- he said. “They did it with such Monday in St. Peter’s Square, Diego who bought a last-minute facts and documents. great taste.” hundreds of people snowballed ticket to Rome to see the new LISA KRANTZ/STAFF “Saint Peter and the Vatican: That the exhibit will come to into thousands. They chatted ex- pope announced. “I’m going to Cardinal Oscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga leaves St. Peter’s on The Legacy of the Popes” show- San Antonio in a year when a citedly, shot video and pointed to- Monday after the Pro Eligendo Papa Mass in Vatican City. The Mass cases more than 300 items. ward the Sistine Chapel’s chim- See CONCLAVE/6A was the last for the cardinals before entering the conclave. Many are centuries old, with the See VATICAN/6A

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6A SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS SELECTING A SUCCESSOR TUESDAY, APRIL 19, 2005 D Conclave picks no pope on 1st day Brazil watches,

Monday’s conclave at a glance waits — though One vote is taken; no candidate re- ceives two-thirds majority. Smoke from Sistine Chapel chimney, initially seen as white, quickly turns black. odds are long Four votes are scheduled today — two in the morning, two in the afternoon. Crowd in St. Peter’s Square is esti- mated at 40,000. Sao Paulo cardinal is 1 of 4 Latin Americans Claudio Hummes Age: 70 who could be pope. Archbishop of CONTINUED FROM 1A D Sao Paulo, Brazil since April 1998 rush up as close as I can to the balcony.” ■ Born in Brazil of The central balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica, Y ESSE OGAN B J B German parents where the 265th pope would appear and EXPRESS-NEWS BORDER BUREAU bless the crowd below, was ready for the oc- ■ Ordained for casion, having been adorned with cran- SAO PAULO, Brazil — As car- the Franciscans five days before berry-colored drapes. dinals gathered half a globe away his eighteenth birthday But the crowd would have to wait until to choose a new leader, people in ■ twilight for an answer. the most populous Catholic coun- Opposed Brazil's former military Many of them began the day at a pre-con- try in the world were asking for a government and allows opposition leaders to make political speeches clave Mass in St. Peter’s, which took on the long shot — a pope from Latin during his masses. feel of a movie premiere. Pilgrims, tourists America. ■ and Romans alike snapped pictures and If not, at least somebody with Had a reputation as a progressive as a young bishop but adopted a strained to see the cardinals, who delighted an open mind. more traditional theological stance the faithful by lingering after the service “It’s either that or the church under John Paul II and shaking hands. will keep losing its followers to ■ In July 2000, threatened Brazilian “One of them will be the next pope,” Fa- other religions that are more in priest with disciplinary action after ther Patern Patrick Manei of Tanzania said, touch with people’s realities,” the priest suggested condoms could smiling while watching one cardinal after said Dr. Caetano Soraggi Neto, a be justified to fight AIDS another bend to kiss the altar. physician who works with 600 ■ Created and proclaimed Cardinal Manei, a 39-year-old liturgy student, spent children infected with HIV and by John Paul II in February 2001. the entire Mass on a kneeler, but he wasn’t hepatitis. Compiled by News Researcher Michael complaining. With all the seats taken, hun- Though home to at least 40 per- Knoop dreds of people from a variety of countries cent of its believers worldwide, Sources: National Catholic Reporter, New York stood on all sides of the cathedral to take the Catholic Church in Latin Times, Vatican news service part in the historic moment. America has been losing people EXPRESS-NEWS GRAPHIC “It’s a privilege,” Manei said. to Protestant churches, partly be- Outside, civil protection officers in fluores- cause, scholars said, Protestants sought to align the church more cent uniforms were posted on nearby busy are more accessible and closer to closely with the poor. Pope John urban streets, where there are plenty of sou- the day-to-day lives of the poor. Paul II derailed the movement by venir stands but where Romans also live Brazil, a country the size of the relocating who practiced and work. continental United States and it here. At one newsstand, a priest bent over to boasting the largest statue of Je- Hummes sided with the pope study rows of photos of the cardinals printed sus in the world, is no exception. on that question, and he did so in an Italian newspaper. About 80 percent of Brazilians, again when he declined to advo- “We sent our own cardinal off with or about 125 million people, are cate the use of condoms as a way prayers,” said Father Paddy Kennedy of Ire- Catholic. One of them reportedly to fight the spread of diseases. land. has a chance to be the next pon- Currently, he is viewed as a con- He was referring to Cardinal Desmond tiff. servative. Connell, who is not on any of the short lists. News reports suggest Cardinal “Some people say he could be The cardinal receiving the most attention PHOTOS BY LISA KRANTZ/STAFF Claudio Hummes, 70, archbishop the next pope, but we don’t know, the past few days was Joseph Ratzinger of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger of , John Paul II’s chief of doctrinal policy, gives com- of the giant metropolis of Sao because the pope shall be the Germany, Pope John Paul II’s right-hand munion during Monday’s Pro Eligendo Papa Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica. Ratzinger is consid- Paulo since 1998, suggest he is fruit of all the spirits in the man. ered to be on the short list of those being considered as the next pope. one of four Latin Americans who church, not just the people of Sao After Ratzinger’s homily Monday, the could be the next pope. Paulo,” said a priest at Nossa crowd burst into applause, as they did again Black smoke be- Raised in a village among 13 Senhora do Paraíso Catholic at the end of the service. gins to rise from brothers and sisters by German church, asking that his name not Later in the day, the faithful were given a the chimney of immigrants, he was ordained a be used. special treat: Live footage, via four giant TV the Sistine Cha- priest at 17. He was named Cardi- “It would be good to have a screens, of the cardinals proceeding into the pel, signifying nal in 2001 by John Paul II. pope from Latin America to give Sistine Chapel and stepping forward, one by that no pope “He’s a sincere person who the church a new face,” he said. one, to take their oaths. As organ music was chosen in says what he thinks,” said Fer- “Catholic means all the world — filled the air, both in the chapel and out in Monday’s voting. nando Altemeyer, a theology pro- universal,” as in not just Europe. St. Peter’s Square, each cardinal placed a Four votes are fessor here at Pontifical Catholic “But whoever is pope will be my hand on the gospels. scheduled for to- University. “That would be good pope.” Then boomed the traditional words, “extra day: two in the for the world, because sometimes Dom , 83, omnes,” or “everyone out.” morning and two leaders do not speak of their emeritus archbishop of Sao Everyone except the scarlet-robed cardi- in the afternoon. minds and only do what’s ex- Paulo, who was nominated for nals and a few designated people left so busi- pected from them.” the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989 for ness could begin. Altemeyer added that Hummes his role in stopping the military’s Outside, meanwhile, people began to fill in or anyone else selected from La- use of torture and establishing the massive square surrounded by rows of tin American “would help decen- democracy in 1988, believes thick stone pillars. tralize power, which is still Euro- chances are minimal that a Latin Few expected to see white smoke. It was centric” in the church. American will be the new pope. the first day, after all, when cardinals typi- that’s when I’m leaving,” she said. pipe and huddling in the cool evening air. Hummes sided against a re- “World history is developed in cally vote for a broad spectrum of col- It took three days and eight ballots to elect As evening turned to twilight, some pressive military government Europe, Asia, and in North leagues. Karol Wojtyla of Poland, who became John swung around quickly at the sound of bells that ruled the country from 1964 America,” Arns told the daily And yet the smoke — whatever color — Paul II in 1978 and the first non-Italian pope that toll on the quarter-hour, knowing that to 1985, allowing labor activists newspaper Folha de Sao Paulo. would be the first in a very long time, since since 1522. bells will accompany the white smoke an- from the Worker’s Party to speak “It is unlikely that a pope will Pope John Paul II reigned for more than 26 Dozens of Poles returned to St. Peter’s nouncing that a pope has been chosen. out during Mass when he was a come out of (Latin America).” years before dying April 2. Square on Monday, singing and waving flags. Then, finally, wisps of what appeared to be bishop in the 1970s. He said he al- But he said, “It may happen, Some felt driven to see the smoke and Others hoisted flags of the United States, white smoke wafted from the chimney. lowed the speeches because the because the Holy Spirit never meet the new pope in person. Italy, Honduras and Brazil. The two Latin “Is it white? Is it white?” people demanded church cannot ignore the op- asked us. He acts as he wants.” Ginny Sullivan, a Catholic schoolteacher American countries are home to cardinals in Italian, English and other languages. pressed. from St. Paul, Minn., plunked down $900 for who made the pre-conclave “front-runner” They clapped and cheered. Initially, Hummes supported [email protected] an airline ticket, descended on the square lists: Oscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga Then a big puff of black smoke blew into liberation theology, a controver- Translator Raquel Dieguez and and, like many others, hoped for a quick and Claudio Hummes. the early night sky. sial and Marxism-influenced in- News Researcher Michael conclusion. The throngs waited and waited, for more tellectual movement that origi- Knoop contributed to this re- 1 “I hope it will be before Friday, because than 2 ⁄2 hours, staring up at the chimney [email protected] nated in Latin America and port.

‘The Legacy of the Popes’ Vatican exhibit on the papacy This fall ‘Saint Peter and the Vatican: The Legacy of the Popes,’ an exhibit of more than 300 pieces that trace 2,000 years of Catholic leadership beginning with Saint Peter through John Paul II, will go on display at the Convention Center. The exhibition, which will run Oct. 15 through Jan. 8, will also go to Montreal and Milwaukee. These are details on a few of the items: to be in S.A. starting in October ■ Items relating to Pope John Paul II Cast of his hand Clasp , incense Document of the closing CONTINUED FROM 1A Pastoral staff Pins for boat and spoon of the Holy Door “Right now we’re so blessed because the interest in Cope (a type of cape) the pallium Holy Door coffer Biretta of Cardinal Karol Wojtyla new pope is chosen makes it (later Pope John Paul II) even more relevant, he said. the pope and the church are so high. This will be Pallium Miter Medals “Right now we’re so blessed an opportunity for people to learn as much as because the interest in the pope ■ Tiara of Pope Gregory XVI ■ Glass medallion with (1831-1846) and Pope Pius IX gold leaf image and the church are so high,” they can without going to Rome, and I’m not sure Rodgers said. “This will be an (1846-1878) Gold-glass was made by they’d see this kind of stuff in Rome.” This tiara was commissioned welding two glass circles opportunity for people to learn and made in Rome. In 1835, together with a thin, as much as they can without go- PAT RODGERS Pope Gregory XVI (1831-1846) engraved gold leaf ing to Rome, and I’m not sure spokesman for the Archdiocese of San Antonio wore this tiara for the first inserted between them. they’d see this kind of stuff in time. At the pope’s death, his The function of these Rome.” of welcome from John Paul and St. Peter to John Paul II. The re- successor Pius IX (1846-78) had glasses was primarily Some of the items from the a bronze cast of his hand, which mainder focuses on the work- it altered it to his head and devotional and often Vatican archives — including visitors can touch as they exit. ings of the Vatican, from how personalized it by substituting were applied to the his coat of arms for his fresh plaster on the tiaras, sketches, jewelry, vest- “He felt this was a way he popes are selected to the cele- predecessor’s. walls of the Roman ments, sculptures and papal could communicate with people bration of Mass. Catacombs. gifts — haven’t been on display in a very tactile way,” Radetsky Tickets, which go on sale to- in Rome. said of the casting, which was day through Ticketmaster, cost Peter Radetsky, vice presi- made in 2002. “When people go $16 for adults, with discounts ■ Fragment of cloth with Montreal dent for the creative and con- through the exhibition and available for seniors, military annunciation June 4 – tent division of Clear Channel touch the hand, it can be a members, students, children This very rare and precious Sept. 18 Exhibitions, the exhibit’s pro- pretty strong experience.” and groups. fragment is the only existing ducer, said the idea for touring It is expected that the new San Antonio was chosen in piece of a larger cloth used items came from one of Pope pope, who currently is being se- part because of its strong Catho- to cover the altar. It was John Paul II’s childhood lected by the College of Cardi- lic base and its proximity to woven in the east, probably in Constantinople (now friends. nals, will write a letter for the Mexico. Istanbul). It came to Rome “The pope thought it was exhibit. “We expect to draw people great because these items are In San Antonio, the exhibit from Mexico and neighboring as a gift to Pope Leo III (795- Tickets are on sale through 816) and then was given to rarely seen in Rome,” said Ra- will be housed in a 15,000- states,” said Jeff Wyatt, senior Ticketmaster. Groups of 15 or more San Antonio Milwaukee the Basilica of Saint Peter to can call 1-877-4VATICA (1-877-482- detsky, who developed the show. square-foot gallery made up of vice president of exhibitions for adorn the grave of an Oct. 15 – Feb. 4 – “He thought it was time the 12 rooms of the Convention Cen- Clear Channel. “It became an 8422) in the United States or 001- Jan. 8, 2006 May 7, 2006 apostle. 800.906-6624 in Mexico. world got to see these trea- ter. event at each city it was at.” sures.” The first half is dedicated to EXPRESS-NEWS GRAPHIC The exhibit includes a letter the chronology of popes, from [email protected]

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VATICAN CITY — Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, a renowned theologian and provocative hard-line enforcer of Catholic Church doctrine for the past two decades, was elected pope Tues- day. After being chosen on the fourth ballot, the German-born Ratzinger, 78, took the name Pope Benedict XVI. Appearing on St. Peter’s Bas- ilica balcony, a red cape over his new white robes, the white- haired Ratzinger called himself “a simple, humble worker.” The crowd responded by wav- ing flags and chanting “Bene- dict! Benedict!” Not everyone was happy, how- ever. Niels Hendrich, 40, of Ham- burg, Germany, jumped up and down at the prospect of a new pope — but then gave only three halfhearted claps when he learned who it was. “I am not happy about this at all,” he said. “Ratzinger will put the brakes on all the progressive movements in the church that I support.” But Cardinal of Germany said Ratzinger’s com- munication skills were a factor LISA KRANTZ/STAFF in his selection. Pope Benedict XVI acknowledges the faithful gathered in St. Peter’s Square in Vatican City. His election came on the fourth ballot by cardinals. “They wanted a man who is firm in faith and church doc- trine but also a man who can Inside explain things,” Kasper told ■ World War II College of Cardinals’ pick CNN. left its mark on “The cardinals elected a good future and holy man who was close to pope/10A Pope John Paul II,” said Mark speaks to continuity Wunsch, 27, a religious philoso- ■ South Texans phy student from Denver. “He’ll express joy with quick Theologians don’t see for the dramatic. be a wonderful and good leader “I don’t expect any radical in preaching the truth and decision /11A radical changes from ■ changes in the issues that are love.” Hill Country foremost in the minds of many As head of the powerful Con- rejoices in Benedict XVI. American Catholics,” said Ches- gregation for the Doctrine of the pope’s German D ter Gillis, a professor of theology Faith, Ratzinger disciplined dis- heritage/11A and Catholic Studies at George- sidents, backed John Paul II in ■ Hondurans BY CAROL EISENBERG town University. “And on issues resisting reforms sought by lib- disappointed NEWSDAY like women priests, birth con- erals and urged caution in pur- their trol, homosexuality and stem suing relations with other countryman VATICAN CITY — The choice cell research. I don’t anticipate Christian denominations. wasn’t of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger of any changes at all.” Coming from a continent chosen/12A Germany was in many ways a On the other hand, Gillis spec- where many churches are ■ Mexicans, vote for continuity: The consum- ulated that the first German empty, he has pushed for Europe Brazilians not mate Vatican insider is likely to pope in 1,000 years might cede to rediscover its Christian roots surprised maintain John Paul II’s rejec- greater decision-making ability while suggesting Turkey’s bid European was tion of married priests, stem cell to local bishops than did his LISA KRANTZ/STAFF for membership in the Euro- picked/12A research and gay unions, but Nena and Javier Moreno of Durango, Mexico, cheer in St. Peter’s Square as it was an- without his predecessor’s flair See CARDINALS’/11A nounced that a new pope had been chosen. See SUCCESSOR/10A House OKs reform NIOSA OUT OF ITS SHELL Is it fine to be fat? of child care agency Health risks revised

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10A SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS 265TH POPE: BENEDICT XVI WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 2005 D ’s two sides — tough talk and tears Applause and groans Square moments after the an- memory of John Paul. sin” as abortion and euthanasia. nouncement of Ratzinger’s elec- The church, he insisted, must He earned unflattering nick- Pope Benedict XVI greet announcement of tion and the name chosen by the defend itself against threats names such as Panzercardinal, first Germanic pope in 1,000 such as “radical individualism” God’s rottweiler, and the Grand Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, 78, a rigorously conservative guardian of new pope’s identity. doctrinal orthodoxy, was chosen the Catholic Church’s 265th pontiff years: Benedict XVI. Amid the and “vague religious mysti- Inquisitor. Cartoonists empha- Tuesday. He took the name Benedict XVI, and is the first Germanic pope D applause were groans and pock- cism.” sized his deep-set eyes and Ital- since the 11th century. An accomplished pianist, he speaks several ets of stunned silence. As prefect of the Congregation ians lampooned his pronounced languages including Italian, English and his native German. BY BRIAN MURPHY “It’s Ratzinger,” French pil- of the Doctrine of the Faith, he German accent. ASSOCIATED PRESS grim Silvie Genthial, 52, barked was the Vatican’s iron hand. “Indeed, it would be hard to ■ April 16, 1927: Born ■ 1952-77: Taught Congregation for the into her cellular phone before His interventions are a roll find a Catholic controversy in in Marktl Am Inn, dogma and theology Doctrine of the Faith, VATICAN CITY — Two im- hanging up. call of flashpoints for the the past 20 years that did not , Germany at German schools and responsible for ages of Cardinal Joseph Ratzin- “We were all hoping for a dif- church: somehow involve Joseph Ratzin- ■ 1943: Drafted as an universities enforcing Catholic ger stood in sharp relief during ferent pope — a Latin American The 1987 order stripping ger,” John Allen, a Vatican re- assistant to a Nazi anti- ■ 1962-65: Expert on orthodoxy the mourning period for the perhaps — but not an ultracon- American theologian the Rev. porter for the National Catholic aircraft unit Vatican Council II ■ Nov. 6, 1998: ELected pope he eventually would suc- servative like this,” she said. Charles Curran of the right to Register, wrote six years ago. ■ May 1945: Deserted ■ March 24, vice dean of the ceed. But others hugged and toasted teach because he encouraged But among conservatives, he German army; held in 1977: Appointed College of Cardinals With his wispy silver hair the new pope with red wine. dissent. rose in stature. U.S. POW camp for archbishop of Munich ■ Nov. 30, blowing in the wind, the Ger- “A clear and true voice of Crippling Latin Americans An online fan club sings his several weeks and Freising 2002: Elected dean of man prelate stood before the faith,” said Maria Piscini, an 80- supporting the popular “liber- praises and offers souvenirs ■ June 29, 1951: ■ June 27, the College of world’s political and spiritual year-old Italian grandmother, ation theology” movement for with the slogan: “Putting the Ordained as a priest 1977: Created cardinal Cardinals leaders at John Paul II’s funeral raising a paper cup filled with alleged Marxist leanings. smackdown on heresy since ■ 1953: Obtained ■ Nov. 25, 1981: ■ April 19, 2005: April 8 and offered an eloquent, pinot noir. Coming down hard on ef- 1981.” doctorate in theology Named prefect of the Elected Pope Benedict sensitive farewell that moved Perhaps no member of the forts to rewrite Scriptures in Even John Paul apparently XVI some to tears. conclave evoked such potent gender inclusive language. needed him close by. Several Ten days later — just before opinions — and has stirred He also shows no flexibility times Ratzinger said he ten- Ratzinger and 114 other cardi- more arguments — as the 78- on the church’s views on dered his resignation because of Pope nals entered the conclave to se- year-old Ratzinger and the role priestly celibacy, contraception his age, but each time it was re- Benedict lect the 265th pontiff — he deliv- he’s held since 1981: head of the or the ban on for jected by the pope. XVI ered a sharp-edged homily on powerful Vatican office that women. In recent years, he took on is- strict obedience to church teach- oversees doctrine and takes ac- In 1986, he denounced rock sues outside church doctrine. ings that left liberal Catholics tion against dissent. music as the “vehicle of anti-re- He has called Buddhism a re- wincing. “We are moving toward a dic- ligion.” In 1988, he dismissed ligion for the self-indulgent and “He could be a wedge rather tatorship of relativism which anyone who tried to find “femi- suggested Turkey’s bid to join than a unifier for the church,” does not recognize anything as nist” meanings in the Bible. the European Union conflicts said the Rev. Thomas Reese, edi- for certain and which has as its Last year, he told American with Europe’s Christian roots. tor of the Jesuit weekly maga- highest goal one’s own ego and bishops that it was allowable to — views that could unsettle Vat- zine America. one’s own desires,” he said Mon- deny Communion to those who ican attempts to improve rela- Sources: ; AP Research ASSOCIATED PRESS This was clear in St. Peter’s day in a pre-conclave Mass in support such “manifest grave tions with other faiths. WWII left its mark on a future pontiff

BY DAVID MCHUGH His father, a ASSOCIATED PRESS policeman and an anti-Nazi, BERLIN — In May 1945, moved the fam- thousands of German prisoners ily at least of war trudged down the high- once after way in Bavaria. clashing with Among them — tired but local followers grateful to be alive — was 18- of the party. year-old Joseph Ratzinger, who RATZINGER: A local days earlier had risked death A 1943 photo teacher, he re- by deserting the German army. shows young membered, be- “In three days of marching, Joseph came an ardent we hiked down the empty high- Ratzinger in follower of the way, in a column that gradually the uniform new movement became endless,” the man who of a German and tried to in- is now pope recalled years later military stitute a pagan in his memoirs. anti-aircraft maypole ritual “The American soldiers pho- unit helper. as more fitting tographed us . . . in order to of Germanic ways than Catho- take home souvenirs of the de- licism was. feated army and its desolate In 1941, Ratzinger, 14, and his personnel.” brother Georg were enrolled in Like his predecessor, John the Hitler Youth when it be- Paul II, Ratzinger was marked came mandatory for all boys. by the terror-filled years of Soon, he writes in his book World War II. “The Salt of the Earth,” he was His decision to leave his let out because of his intention LISA KRANTZ/STAFF army unit just after he turned to study for the priesthood. Cardinals greet the cheering crowd in St. Peter’s Square after the selection of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger as pope. military age could have cost In 1943, like many youths, he Ratzinger his life. was drafted as a helper for an He knew SS units would anti-aircraft brigade, which de- shoot a deserter on the spot — fended a BMW plant near Mun- Successor noted for communication skills or hang him from a lamppost ich from Allied air raids. Later, as a warning to others. he dug anti-tank trenches. CONTINUED FROM 1A ment that “John Paul con- He recalled his terror when When he turned 18, on April fronted two totalitarianisms — he was stopped by other sol- 16, 1945, he was put through ba- pean Union may be incompati- Nazism and communism — and German cardinals leak diers. sic training, alongside men in ble with European culture. that what remains is the ‘dicta- “Thank God they were ones their 30s and 40s, drafted as the “Dear brothers and sisters, af- torship of relativism.’ ” who had had enough of war Third Reich went through its ter the great Pope John Paul II, “Obviously a majority of the a few conclave secrets and did not want to become death agony. the cardinals have elected me — cardinals agreed with that anal- murderers,” he wrote in his He was stationed near his a simple, humble worker in the ysis that in order to consolidate BY DANIELA PETROFF He said Benedict XVI book “Aus meinem Leben,” hometown but saw no combat. vineyard of the Lord,” the new John Paul’s legacy the final part ASSOCIATED PRESS looked “a little forlorn” when published in English as “Mile- After he returned home, the pope said in heavily accented had to be done,” Pham said. he went to change into his stones: Memoirs 1927-1977.” Americans finally arrived — Italian after being introduced. The contrast with the crowd- VATICAN CITY — Cardi- papal in the Room “They had to find a reason to and set up their headquarters “The fact that the Lord can pleasing, world-traveling John nals were sworn to silence of Tears — which earned its let me go. I had my arm in a in his parents’ 18th century work and act even with insuffi- Paul, elected at age 58, may be about everything that hap- nickname because many new sling because of an injury.” farmhouse in Traunstein. cient means consoles me, and sharp, though. pened during deliberations in pontiffs get choked up there, “Comrade, you are They identified him as a Ger- above all I entrust myself to Cardinal Joachim Meisner of the Sistine Chapel to choose realizing the enormity of wounded,” they told him. “Go man soldier and marched him your prayers.” Germany told reporters the new a new pope. But within hours their mission. on.” off to join other prisoners kept Ratzinger went into the con- pope would keep John Paul’s ap- of the conclave, some Ger- “I was worried because, Soon he was home with his in a nearby meadow. Taken to clave a favorite. But the cardi- pointment in August at the man cardinals — delighted when he came back dressed father, Josef, and his mother, a camp near Ulm, he lived out- nals had appeared torn among church’s World Youth Day in about the choice of their in his white vestments, I Maria. side for several weeks, sur- choosing a short-term pope, re- Cologne, Germany. countryman, Joseph Ratzin- thought he had forgotten his For years, he and his family rounded by barbed wire. turning the papacy to Italy after Ratzinger is the first Ger- ger — spilled some of the se- skullcap,” Meisner said. “But had seen the Nazis strengthen He was released June 19 and Polish-born John Paul’s 26-year manic pope in nearly 1,000 crets. then I realized his hair is as their grip on Germany. returned to his parents’ house. reign or electing a prelate from years. There were at least three Cardinal Joachim Meisner white as his skullcap.” Latin America, home to nearly German popes in the 11th cen- told reporters Tuesday night Meisner added: “By the half the world’s 1.1 billion Cath- tury. that the new Pope Benedict time dinner came around, Some previous Pope Benedicts olics. The last pope from a German- XVI was elected on the fourth Ratzinger was looking much As dean of the College of Car- speaking land was Victor II, ballot — the first of the after- better and very much like the Benedict, the name of the new Benedict XII (1335-1342) dinals, Ratzinger had delivered bishop of Eichstatt, who reigned noon session. pope.” pope, is one of the more frequent One of the French popes who a particularly sensitive homily from 1055-57. He added that Ratzinger Some U.S. cardinals also choices made by pontiffs. reigned from Avignon instead of at John Paul’s funeral. Benedict XVI decided to spend got more than the required offered insight about why the Rome. He was elected when the Benedict V (964) He followed it up with a fiery Tuesday night at the Vatican ho- two-thirds support. vote went to Ratzinger. conclave’s original choice refused speech to the cardinals before tel, the Domus Sanctae Marthae, “It was done without an New York Cardinal Ed- Emperor Otto I deposed Pope to remain in Avignon. they entered their conclave and to dine with the cardinals. electoral battle and without ward Egan, who worked for John XII and replaced him with Leo VIII. The Romans expelled Leo Benedict XIII (1724-1730) Monday, warning about tenden- He was to preside over a Mass propaganda,” the archbishop years in Rome and at the Vat- and, upon John’s death, elected When he realized that the con- cies that he considered dangers today in the Sistine Chapel and of Cologne told reporters at a ican, was asked whether the Benedict. Otto was furious, clave was leaning toward electing to the faith: Sects, ideologies is to be formally installed Sun- residence for German priests new pope had the support of marched on Rome, seized Bene- him, he tried everything to get such as Marxism, liberalism, day. in Vatican City. “For me it Catholics in Latin America dict and took him to Germany, the cardinals to change their atheism, agnosticism and relati- If Ratzinger was paying trib- was a miracle.” and Africa. where he was placed under the minds. He yielded only when the vism — the ideology that there ute to the last pontiff named There was spontaneous ap- “Obviously, he must have care of clergy in Hamburg. dangers of re-opening the con- are no absolute truths. Benedict, it could be interpreted plause as soon as cardinals had support from the Third clave were made clear to him. Benedict IX “Having a clear faith, based as a bid to soften his image as a realized Ratzinger had won, World,” he responded. (1032-1045, 1045, 1047-1048) Benedict XIV (1740-1758) on the creed of the church, is of- doctrinal hard-liner. Meisner said. Philadelphia Cardinal Jus- His father obtained the papacy Perhaps the greatest scholar of ten labeled today as a fundamen- Benedict XV reigned during “And I burst out crying,” tin Rigali, who worked for for him when he was about 20. the popes. He was well-read and talism,” he said. World War I and was credited he added. more than two decades in He was forced out as pope but had a variety of interests. He was “Whereas relativism, which is with settling animosity between One query the cardinals Vatican diplomacy, said the returned briefly before selling the a compromise choice after an ar- letting oneself be tossed and traditionalists and modernists. wouldn’t answer is exactly decision to choose Ratzinger office to his uncle, Gregory VI. He duous six-month conclave fraught swept along by every wind of He dreamed of reunion with Or- how many votes Ratzinger was not made in the days seized the papacy for a third time with intrigue. teaching, looks like the only atti- thodox Christians. garnered. leading up to the conclave or after the death of Pope Clement Benedict XV (1914-1922) tude acceptable to today’s stan- Benedict comes from the La- “We’ve already said as a result of Ratzinger’s II, but again was driven out. dards.” tin for “blessing” and is one of a enough,” said Cardinal Georg moving homily at Pope John Was chosen as a contrast with his His election in four ballots number of papal names of holy Maximilian Sterzinsky, arch- Paul II’s funeral. Benedict XI (1303-1304) predecessor Pius X, whose theo- over two days was one of the origin such as Clement bishop of Berlin. “Decisions like this are not Considered scholarly and a peace- logical crackdown against maker among church factions. He ‘modernism’ had roiled the shortest in 100 years. He also is (“mercy”), Innocent (“hopeful” Meisner gave a few clues made on how a person im- was beatified in church. His accession coincided the oldest pope elected since as well as “innocent”) and Pius about the new pope’s emo- presses you in the last five 1773. with the start of World War I. Clement XII in 1730. (“pious”). tional reaction on being minutes, the last hours, the Vatican analyst John-Peter named. Compiled by News Researcher Julie Domel last days,” he said. Pham said the cardinals clearly The Los Angeles Times con- Sources: Associated Press, New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia EXPRESS-NEWS GRAPHIC agreed with Ratzinger’s assess- tributed to this report.

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SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS 265TH POPE: BENEDICT XVI WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 2005 M 11A D In St. Peter’s, announcement stirs tears of joy ‘Viva el papa!’ greets A historic moment for the “This is not your grandma’s Germans said they felt hon- church became a profoundly The Express-News team at the Vatican papal election!” said Christine ored. first new pope personal one for all those in the Mugrich of Santa Rosa, Calif. “When a person is so pro- Michelle Koidin Lisa Krantz won in a generation. square, some having come from Many had ideas about who moted before the conclave, his overseas for the occasion. Jaffee came to acclaim for her they hoped would emerge onto real chances I thought were D “I can’t describe it, it’s so pow- the San Antonio photos of the the balcony, including the possi- lesser,” said Fabrizio Micalizzi, a Express-News in ‘Mood of Amer- erful,” said Cecilia Henrich, a bility it might be a cardinal 22-year-old German whose fa- 2001 after a six- ica’ prior to the BY MICHELLE KOIDIN JAFFEE schoolteacher from Iowa, visit- city, eight-year 2004 election. from a developing country. ther is Italian, waving a big flag. EXPRESS-NEWS STAFF WRITER ing Rome with her husband. tour with the As- The Florida na- Many, though, just seemed to “It’s real emotional.” She couldn’t stop her hand sociated Press. tive came to the want to see and greet their first Some said they were a little VATICAN CITY — One Mexi- from shaking as she videotaped The Chicago na- Express-News new leader in over 26 years. disappointed. can seminarian put his face in the events, beginning with tive started with one year ago af- Although the crowd didn’t “This pope is a traditionalist his hands and wiped away tears. white smoke from the chimney the AP in Austin after graduating ter five years at the Naples Daily seem surprised at the selection pope. I’d prefer a moderate A German man whooped and that prompted thousands of peo- from the University of Texas. News. of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, pope,” said Giovanna Cotroneo, fervently waved his black-red- ple to climb up onto chairs they were nonetheless jubilant. 29, of Rome. “I’d prefer a Latin and-yellow flag. through the introduction of and stared at a sky that re- many Latin Americans and oth- “¡Viva el papa!” shouted the American pope.” And the sea of tens of thou- Pope Benedict XVI. turned a few raindrops. ers. Over there, Brazil, home of group from Mexico. Brazilian Renata Rezende said sands of people in St. Peter’s The church’s 115 cardinals “Blanco! Blanco! Blanco!” another reported “pope-able,” “The choice is of the Holy she felt that way too, but her Square clapped and hollered as had begun their secret conclave yelled a group from Mexico. Cláudio Hummes. Over here, Spirit,” said Father Kizito Silva- group and others continued to they had from the moment, al- only about 24 hours earlier. Many of the four dozen were the U.S. Over there, France. nus of Kenya. “I was expecting a wave their flags high. most an hour earlier, when the Those familiar with the strangers before Tuesday; they When the church’s regular shepherd, and I think we got The boisterous group from first puff of white smoke drifted rhythms of conclave weren’t ex- found each other by the Mexi- quarter-hour bell rang at 6 p.m., one.” Mexico continued to chant, from the Sistine Chapel’s chim- pecting an answer so soon. can flags they hoisted. the anxious crowd began to yell, Of the earlier speculation, he “Benedicto! Benedicto!” ney into the evening sky. So when wisps of smoke ap- “Campana! Campana! Cam- “The bells! The bells!” But when said: “I don’t know what it Standing among them was “Cardinal Ratzinger,” a fellow peared white Tuesday night, pana!” they shouted gleefully, they heard them ring only once, means ‘developing world,’ be- seminarian Sergio Sanchez of cardinal had announced over a some shook their heads. “The calling for the bells to toll. they quieted, seemingly uncer- cause I think in the matter of Sonora, wiping away his tears. microphone, and with that, onto bells didn’t toll,” they said. Bells Rows ahead and rows behind, tain what to think. faith, we are all developing ev- He was crying out of happi- the central balcony of St. Peter’s had been promised, so there a variety of flags fluttered: Over Minutes later, the bells tolled, ery day. According to me, it ness, he said. Happiness over Basilica walked the man from would be no doubt what the col- here, Honduras, home to Cardi- this time loudly and continually. doesn’t matter the country or the gift of the new pope. Germany who will lead the bil- or of the smoke meant. nal Oscar Andrés Rodríguez Ma- The throngs clapped, hollered the place. The shepherd comes lion-strong Catholic Church. But no one moved. They stood radiaga, the favored candidate of and danced on their chairs. from God.” [email protected] Elation punctuated by a bit of disappointment in S.A. Selection Latin American of German hopefuls were passed over. significant D

BY AMY DORSETT in this area EXPRESS-NEWS STAFF WRITER But many in Hill As the world learned that Ger- man Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger Country say had been chosen the next leader character is key. of the Catholic Church, the faithful in San Antonio and D South Texas celebrated a short- lived conclave that produced BY ROGER CROTEAU Pope Benedict XVI. AND ZEKE MACCORMACK Some, however, were disap- EXPRESS-NEWS STAFF WRITERS pointed that Latin American clergy were passed over. NEW BRAUNFELS — The Word of the decision came election of a German as Pope just before lunchtime, and on Tuesday spawned a rush crowds gathered around televi- of pride among Hill Country sions to wait for the next pope Catholics whose roots run to to appear at a red-draped Vati- Deutschland. can window. But many said it’s the char- In San Antonio, Suzanne Ca- acter, not national origins of sias, who regularly attends their new religious leader, Mass, craned her neck during that matters most. lunch so she could watch the “The more it sinks in, the news unfold. She wasn’t sur- more you think about it, and prised by the swiftness of the it kind of makes you feel vote or the choice. HELEN L. MONTOYA/STAFF good,” said Rusty Brandt, “I already had it figured out,” Maria Rodriguez, 76, prays for the new pope at the noon Mass at San Fernando Cathedral. parish manager at Sts. Peter she said while dining at the and Paul Catholic Church. Cheesecake Factory in North many of the footsteps of John Not all agreed. year-old law student at St. Ma- Sarwat Husain, a San Antonio “Mostly it was just a relief. Star Mall. “I was hoping it Paul. Karen Cochran, 54, who is not ry’s University, said she would spokeswoman for the Council on I’m happy the church has a would just be somebody differ- “I am sure he will continue in a Catholic, said the church like to see Pope Benedict XVI fo- American-Islamic Relations, ex- leader again.” ent, not European.” a spirit of faith and unity, bring- would be best served by a pope cused on women’s rights within pressed the Muslim communi- This city’s ethnic link to At the Catholic Chancery of- ing us together to face the needs from outside of Europe, and she the church. ty’s best wishes to the new pope. German Cardinal Joseph fice near Woodlawn Lake, work- of the church and the world expressed concern over Ratzin- “I was a little disappointed, “We look forward to working Ratzinger prompted media in- ers watched on TV and broke with courage and love,” Gomez ger’s past. As a youth, like many because he comes across as be- with him and other representa- quiries from local and na- out in cheers and applause at said. “Pope Benedict XVI is also young German men, he was ing very conservative,” she said. tives of the Catholic Church to tional news outlets alike for both the choice and the quick- a man of great wisdom and hu- forced to be a member of Hit- “It doesn’t look good for people advance the cause of peace and reactions to his promotion to ness of the decision. mility. His humble spirit is re- ler’s Nazi Youth movement, for who want to see women priests justice for people of all faiths,” Pope Benedict XVI, the first “I’m glad he was chosen so flected in his comment as he which he repeatedly has atoned. or married priests. But only she said. “We have heard him German pope since Adrian soon,” Sylvia Falcon said. “We was named pope.” “I was really kind of surprised time will tell.” described as very conservative, VI in 1522. trust the Lord’s guidance in Asked if he was disappointed they picked a guy that was a for- Rabbi Barry Block, who leads but we shouldn’t rush to judge “I really did not expect a choosing him, and I hope the that a Third World cardinal mer member of the Hitler the congregation at Temple him. We should give him time to decision so quickly,” Monsig- Holy Spirit will make him a wasn’t elected, Gomez offered a Youth,” she said. “I thought (the Beth-El, said he’s praying for develop his own policies.” nor Eugene O’Callaghan said strong leader.” quick retort. pope) would be someone from the welfare of the Catholic as he fielded reporters Ratzinger’s name had topped “It’s a little difficult for me to Africa or Latin America, to Church and its new leader and [email protected] queries at the church that the list of pope hopefuls in re- be disappointed with the selec- show they’re breaking out.” hopes Benedict XVI “will contin- Express-News Staff Writers J. counts among its congrega- cent days. Archbishop José Go- tion of the Holy Spirit. His elec- Some wonder if Ratzinger is ue in the ways of Pope John Michael Parker, Rhea Davis, tion many descendents of the mez, who met Ratzinger in 2001 tion is the work of the Holy too conservative for modern is- Paul II, who worked for signifi- Tracy Idell Hamilton and Hec- hardy German immigrants and again last year, predicted Spirit, so he’s the best person sues that the church needs to cant reconciliation between tor Saldaña contributed to this who settled here in the 1840s. the new pope will follow in for the job at this time,” he said. grapple with. Katie Warner, a 25- Jews and Catholics.” report. “I was at the golf course when I heard the news. My golf game improved immen- sely after that.” “I think there is some pride Cardinals’ choice is viewed as a vote for continuity that it is a German,” church member Everett Fey said. “I CONTINUED FROM 1A hope he looks to further New pope must German Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, 78, was elected pope Tuesday. The 265th pontiff took the name bonding with the world’s predecessor. Benedict XVI and called himself ‘a simple, humble worker.’ While John Paul II was elected to challenge other religions. John Paul II “He’s aware of the call for confront modern issues communism in eastern Europe in 1978, Benedict faces new issues, including the need for dialogue with started that and worked hard greater collegiality and greater Islam. at that.” dialogue with bishops, and I Milton Erben, also de- think he might decentralize scended from the city’s foun- some of the power in the Vati- ders, said he followed the pro- can, even though he’s been a cess closely. Vatican bureaucrat,” he said. BIOMEDICAL SECULARISM MORAL SEX ABUSE WOMEN’S INTERFAITH RELIGIOUS JOHN PAUL’S “I think they made a good As John Paul’s top doctrinal ETHICS Number of TEACHINGS SCANDAL ROLE RELATIONS COMPETITION SHADOW choice,” he said. “I think a lot watchdog for 24 years, Ratzinger Technological priests and nuns Despite Anger over Advocates John Paul Evangelical It will be of people were expecting it to was a known quantity to the developments as well church’s sexual for women improved Protestant tough to be him, so I thought maybe it cardinals, by all accounts a bril- in medicine, as church stand against abuses hurt the continue ties with churches emerge from would be another Italian or a liant theologian who rose from such as attendance abortion and church pushing for a Protestants, are gaining the shadow South American or African.” roots in the church’s liberal stem cell has dropped birth control, particularly greater role, Jews and adherents in of much loved Diane Moltz, a fifth-genera- wing to become one of the research in Europe many in the United arguing priest Muslims, Latin America; John Paul tion New Braunfels resident, church’s leading and often most are forcing and North Catholics States, which is shortage will but relations Muslim in pursuing said Ratzinger has big shoes contentious conservatives. church America go their the Vatican’s eventually remain preachers are the new to fill and she hopes his ten- Ratzinger himself laid out the to define own way biggest single force the strained with making inroads papacy ure as pope reflects well on direction he is likely to take the new policies source of change the Russian in Africa the German people. Catholic Church in a tough-talk- donations Orthodox “It really doesn’t matter to ing homily that opened the con- ASSOCIATED PRESS me if he is German or not, clave Monday. though,” she said. “I just The major threat to faith in have to oppose them at all costs. mily a disturbing look into the ple engagement with the prob- Notre Dame, “and within three hope they selected the best the modern world, Ratzinger That is the agenda.” mind of the man who has be- lems of the world, and they are months of his election in 1914, person possible.” said, was the shifting tides of “This is the kind of speech come pope. crestfallen.” he issued an encyclical in which At Friedhelm’s Bavarian ideas, which he called the “dic- that says, ‘This is what I think “I found it almost chilling to Yet some believe Ratzinger he said, in effect ‘cut it out. I Inn in Fredericksburg, cus- tatorship of relativism.” is important, and I’m going to listen to, because it speaks of a has signaled that he may want this infighting to stop. I tomer Pauline Brown of “He wasn’t highlighting that tell you, regardless of what you kind of rigidity,” said James emerge as a different man as want people to stop using terms Lousiana was happy to hear the church must be on the side think about it,’ ” said Father Post, director of the Voice of the pope with his choice of a new like “faithful Catholic” and put- a pope was named but wasn’t of the poor, or that we must John Paul Wauck of the Pontif- Faithful, a Boston-based lay ad- name — Benedict XVI rather ting down all others as if they’re celebrating the choice of a fight globalization, or that we ical University of the Holy vocacy group. than John Paul III. not Catholic.’ ” German. must address the pandemic of Cross. “Certainly there are people “Benedict XV came into office It also was significant that he “We’re waiting for a Cajun AIDS, or our relationships with “It wasn’t a campaign speech who are going to be applauding after a particularly divisive pe- was chosen at age 78, a sign the pope to come along,” said other religions,” Gillis said. “He in the sense that this is the kind this new pope because he stands riod in which liberals and con- cardinals wanted a transitional Brown, 62. “Anything’s possi- said the first issue is creeping of thing he might have said any for continuity. But there are also servatives were at each other’s or short papacy after what has ble.” secularism, particularly in the day of the last 25 years.” a great many who were looking throats,” said Father Richard been the third-longest reign in West, and relativism, and we Others, however, found the ho- for change and for a more sup- McBrien of the University of church history. [email protected]

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