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Had I known that year's tournament would be that boring, I would have brought a book, pillow, or both!

p>Great article, though! br> -- Bob Jones IV br> Conyers, Georgia /p> p> BENEDICT'S BUSINESS br> Re: Amy Welborn's Handling the Situation : /p>

I am not a Roman Catholic, so anything affecting that church is really none of my business, but that has rarely stopped me from commenting in the past. I just happen to think that Pope John Paul was a truly Christ centered, good man, and the best Pope in my lifetime. He did marvelous things for, not just his church, but for the entire Christian community. There is not a Catholic worldwide that grieved more for his loss than did I. He and Mother Teresa were in the top four or five most God-centered, most faithful, most loving servants of God in my lifetime.

That said, John Paul seemed to just not quite be up to the mark in dealing with the homosexual pedophilia scandal that took hold of the church worldwide. When Pope Benedict was elected to succeed John Paul, I was sure that the vote was specifically directed by God for a specific reason. I have been sure that God has had a specific issue that Cardinal Ratzinger has been picked to take care of. That was the only reason that I could believe would cause the College of Cardinals to vote to elect a new Pope of such advanced age. I just don't believe that God wants a "place holder" to fill the time until the next Pope emerges.

Now I will gladly concede that God MAY have charged Pope Benedict with the solving of more than one serious problem within Christianity. Benedict may, indeed, have been also charged to solve the problem of certain church orders and entities, and "cafeteria Catholics" that seem determined to consign the traditional church tenets to the dust bin of history, or to teach the Christian world how they should be dealing with Islam, and the Islamic Jihadist movement in particular.

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