The paper's front-page profile of the new pope quickly turned the talk back to the concerns of liberal Manhattan journalists: "But Cardinal Bergoglio is also a conventional choice, a theological ...
From the Times main article on Pope Benedict's shocking resignation: "The resignation sets up a struggle between the staunchest conservatives,
in Benedict’s mold, who advocated a smaller church ...
On Good Friday, Times Rome bureau chief Rachel Donadio called Pope Benedict by his harsh nickname "God's Rottweiler" and brought up extraneous problems in the Church: "...it was one
of the ...