Our Pope

From Thomas Lifson, the editor and publisher of The American Thinker:

Pope Benedict XVI instantly became one of the most important figures in the world yesterday. As a non-Catholic, I am in no position to comment on his spiritual role, by far the most important aspect of his job. But his predecessor, Pope John Paul II, has made the papacy a profoundly important institution in the more mundane realms of politics, international relations, morality, and the life of the mind. Everyone is influenced by the Pope these days.