A new style drew with the new Pope into the Apostoli palace, explained the journalist Peter Seewald recently in an article. It refers to the abolishment of the kiss on the hand or the disappearance of the Tiara from the papal coat of arms.

(, Vatikan kreuz.net) shortly before Cologne World Youth Day appeared in the boulevard magazine `Stern' an article of Peter Seewald. Into it concerns Pope Benedikt XVI., with which sea-forest published a book interview, which appeared under the title „salt of the earth “before 9 years.

Sea-forest is a CO author of a further book with the Kurienkardinal at that time Joseph Ratzinger. At the end of May published it a book of pictures over the new Pope.

Sea-forest begins its description with the journey of the Pope in the southItalian Bari on the occasion of the Italian Eucharisti congress at the end of of May:

„As in Bari hundreds of priests take, in order to donate the coming union, carry many of them three-day beards, cool sun glasses and jeans and a shirt off with priest collars in addition. “

„The church is not old and immovable at all “, quotes sea-forest the Pope in view of the descriptive Kommunionspendung: „No, it is young. “

On the choice cardinal Ratzingers to the Pope the papal yard cutters were not preparatory.

In „the area of the tears “, three garbs were to the dressing room beside the Sixtini chapel ready because of 19 April. One long, one broadly, one for reduction - none fit.

The white Papstsoutane was much too briefly, slippers too close, and from the halflong sleeves a sharpened black sweater saw out, describes sea-forest the first steps of the newly selected one in the papal garbs.

„As together-repaired “, he quotes one the Kurialen at the side of the Pope.

On the occasion of the removal of the Pope from its cardinal dwelling into the Pope palace sea-forest refers the Secondhand furniture of their to the surprise of the Romans, as this on the removal car „dad Tedesco “- the German Pope - saw.

Among them were old Bücherregale, which were centimeter-exactly again developed in the new dwelling. Each book got its old place back.

A trim wheel is new. It was adjusted by the body physician of the Pope - Dr. Renato Buzzonetti (81) - to `extrahart'.

Sea-forest describes also the different Lebensführung of the new Pope:

The new Pope receives visitors rarely contrary to his predecessor to the meal.

If he prays, do he this usually alone.

„A TV-suited Reli Tainment “will give it with it just as few as one „to hasty father “, who jettet from Event to Event.

Benedikt XVI. does not hide itself. But it does not want the spectacular, but the important to do, praises sea-forest.

One completely particularly hates the Pope: Decisions in personnel questions. These were unpleasant already it as an archbishop in Munich.

Bad also the feeling is to be locked up for the holy father: It must announce each of its walks. To its house to Regensburg - nevertheless still the Erstwohnsitz of the Pope - it can travel also not more.

Sometimes however make yourself clammy secret the Pope from the dust and meet to the Plausch outside of the Kurie.

The Bavarian class meetings would have to take place in the future without it. Sea-forest knows that Benedikt XVI. a personally written letter of refusal sent away.

As since its choice to the Pope he telephoned never before so frequently with his older brother in Regensburg:

„As children they had called themselves `and `Georgerl' Josepherl'. Since Joseph increasingly italienisierte, it George calls `Giuseppe', which sounds somehow in such a way as Bavarian and Italian at the same time. “

Sea-forest speaks also about the new style of leadership of the holy father:

„Tacit created it the kiss on the hand off. Next the Tiara from the papal coat of arms, symbol disappeared also for the worldly power of its throne. “

Johannes Paul II. had angewöhnt itself to speak in the formulation of I. Benedikt XVI. again introduced the Majestätsplural - the papal „we “.

Sea-forest sees therein the intention of the Pope of placing the Kollegialität into the foreground. `Kollegialität' is the church code word for `Mitbestimmung'.

Vatikanmitarbeiter confirmed after sea-forest that in the Roman Kurie much more tautly, more efficient and more transparent became.

The new Pope did not only lift his former contractor walter cardinal Kaspar again into the saddle: „It gave it also still strong thrust. “

Operate since then the president of the papal advice for the unit of the Christians between Rome and the yards of the orthodox Patriarchen only in the gallopp.

Also the dialogue with the Judentum has XVI according to estimate of sea-forest with Benedikt. high priority.

The first official act was a letter to the Jewish municipality of Rome. Short time after it interrupted the blessed speaking procedure for a French priest, to who alleged anti-Semitic speeches were reproached.

The chairmen of the Jewish world congress Benedikt XVI has itself over the choice. been pleased: „This man changed the two thousand-year old history of the relations between Judentum and Christianity in the last twenty years by his theology and friendship “.

Also in Italy the choice of the German Pope gladly one see. Italian media would report over the former Präfekten of the Glaubenskongregation, which went walking at the Borgo Pio - nearby Vatikan -, with cats conversed and with fruit salesmen for the best apples for vortices asked.

„Its choice is a good message “, quotes sea-forest the leader of the Italian post office communists:

„I have sympathy for humans with intellect and culture. “

Aurelius: Peter Seewald

Sea-forest is a CO author of a further book with the Kurienkardinal at that time Joseph Ratzinger.

The title of the book is God and the world. Very worth reading.

Toby: Ring kiss

The dear holy father will not succeed so completely to abolish the ring kiss. Or believe you, Mgr. Fellay and H.H. Pater Schmidberger did not kiss it on Monday the ring???

Voice from the Tradiland: @ Romulus: „Priesterliches “exterior?

Rather a Strohhut (with it into the neck does not in-seem and/or - rains) and a cigar in the Mundwinkel are missing. And perhaps a leave Tätowierung at the Handrücken?

Romulus: Good new Church…

„As in Bari hundreds of priests take, in order to donate the coming union, carry many of them three-day beards, cool sun glasses and jeans and a shirt off with priest collars in addition. “

Wow, is only missing the Colt in the belt. (Irony)
Or that is future of the church or the Opus Dei or… or…
Anyhow it is to be out-assigned unworthily the coming union in such a way.