Reply #14: Lack of charisma - or diplomacy?

[muriel_volestrangler]

The "they're not real churches" remark he made wasn't exactly tactful, was it?

A fairly small percentage, I'd imagine - but I'm not that sure what that has to do with this. My point was to show that Neill is not anti-Catholic at all (which the earlier pope had implied) - he's keen on ecumenical work. But he didn't see Ratzinger as being keen on it. He's now hoping that, as Pope, this will change, now that his main job isn't enforcing the Catholic doctrine.