BBCNEWS BBC News June 4, 2024 05:17:00
The vatican. as a cardinal, he upheld traditional catholic teaching on abortion, contraception and homosexuality. he even spoke against rock music and the harry potter books. whenjohn paul ii died in april 2005, he was one of the church's longest—serving cardinals and presided over the funeral. afterjust four ballots, white smoke from the sistine chapel announced cardinal ratzinger�*s election... bells toll. habemus papam! ..the oldest pope for 275 years. as pope benedict xvi, he sought to re—evangelise the west. it was an attempt to roll back the advance of secularism in europe and nort...