Ave Maria!
Fr. Barron gives this excellent summary of the great accomplishments of Pope Benedict XVI describing him as
- Interpreter of the Second Vatican Council
- Involved in the Council
- As the evangelical, missionary council
- As an evolution as opposed to a revolution
- As a means for the Church to update the world
- Hermeneutic of Continuity
- Teacher of Affirmative Orthodoxy
- Not the Panzer Cardinal
- Emphasized Divine Love, Deus Caritas Est
- What the Church says yes to
- The God who is love and wants the project of the human race to thrive
- Joy mentioned through out his writings
- Promoter of Clear Christo Centrism
- patristics, biblical focus
- Jesus Christ as source of Revelation
- Christocentrism as interpretive key to Vatican II documents
- Jesus of Nazareth, life of Christ
Wouldn’t it be interesting if the cardinals in the upcoming conclave go outside the norm – and pick Father Barron as the next Pope? I think a good argument can be made for him!