The conclave that elected Benedict XVI was the second fastest in modern times, after that of Pius XII.<\/p>\n
In only 19 hours and four rounds of voting, Card. Joseph Ratzinger became Pope.<\/p>\n
In the evening of April 19, at 4:50 p.m., Rome time, the white smoke coming out of the Sistine Chapel announced the election.<\/p>\n
\u201cHabemus Papam.\u201d<\/p>\n
The new Pope introduced himself to the world like this.<\/p>\n
\u201c\u2026a simple and humble laborer in the Lord\u2019s vineyard.\u201d<\/p>\n
ROBERTO REGOLI Roberto Regoli is the author of \u201cThe Pontificate of Benedict XVI,\u201d one of the most interesting analyses of this Pope\u2019s work.<\/p>\n As a matter of fact, the new Pope tried to build unity among the different currents within the Church while also giving the Church the intellectual foundations necessary to face the challenges of the 21st century.<\/p>\n He proposed a profound reflection on the life of Jesus so as to not base the faith on mere impressions, but on solid foundations. He demonstrated the power of intellectual rigor against relativism and the initial consequences of fake news.<\/p>\n ROBERTO REGOLI And that\u2019s how Benedict XVI\u2019s pontificate began. An intellectual Pope who surprised parliaments and international institutions with his speeches, who left behind a wealth of written teachings.<\/p>\n A timid Pope, perhaps a little misunderstood by a society accustomed to grand gestures and clamorous declarations.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Javier Mart\u00ednez-Brocal<\/p>\n TR: CT<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" April 19, 2021. It was the second fastest conclave in modern times.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":14238,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/vMr4usX5MPQ","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/banniversariob16eng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/banniversariob16int.mp4","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45402"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45402"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45402\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/strong>Benedict XVI\u2019s biographer
\n\u201cThe speed of the conclave shows that the voters had clear ideas. FLASH They thought it was urgent to respond to the crisis of the Western world. In other words, to address the crisis of Catholicism from a Western perspective. For that they needed an expert on the West, and Card. Ratzinger, with his reflections on the relationship between Europe and Christianity, and between reason and faith, was the person best suited for this task.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Benedict XVI\u2019s biographer
\n\u201cBenedict XVI set in motion processes to respond to that crisis. First, by clarifying the intellectual categories needed to respond to the crisis, and by re-proposing a path for Christianity that doesn\u2019t leave reason aside.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n