Ratzinger has Opus Dei links and is the main "enforcer of Church doctrine"

[Nothing Without Hope]

This is a repost with a changed title.
Here is the original thread on this LA Times paper.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=226&topic_id=1664&mesg_id=1664
Thread title: LA Times: Controversial Opus Dei Has Stake in Papal Vote

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But recently, several Italian newspapers breathlessly reported that the two Opus Dei cardinals were throwing their support behind the candidacy of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, a German-born traditionalist who has served as chief enforcer of church doctrine for two decades.

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Some more of this article at the link - the LA Times really chose THAT topic on the mark! I fear that this will be a disastrous choice, given the reputation of this man. And it happened FAST - JP2's cardinals agreed on a successor that puts doctrine first and, like JP2 himself, was strongly tied to Opus Dei.

edited to add, as per comments: THE enforcer. And he has been the head of the renamed Church organization that used be known as THE INQUISITION.