"The Pope Likes To Name Good Catholic Bihops"

Princess Gloria von Thurn und Taxis thanked the Pope, that he has taken the old believers from shadowy being of the heart of the Church.
[kreuz.net, Regensburg] The Church is a society in great crisis.

This is the opinion of Regensburg's Princess Gloria von Thurn und Taxis in an interview with the newsmagazine 'ddp'.

The Church today is only important for a small part of society: 'This needs not to be bad in the long term, for perhaps few real Christians are of more value than a great number of lukewarm."

Benedict XVI has already met the Princess as Cardinal: "I met a striking, worthy gentleman, who is interested in people. I was enchanted."

The Princess found the Motu Proprio, 'Summorum Pontificum' and the lifting of the excommunications against the Society of Pius X, in the Pontificate of Benedict XVI particularly impressive:

"In the terms of ecumenism it is a very important step. These are our closest relatives, fallen from Rome."

Critics of the Pope only interest the Princess, if they have substantial content.

The media scandals of the lat year operate on a "pure polemic" -- "and this doesn't interest me."

Princess Gloria has made the observation, that the Pope has changed in the last few years: "He has become younger and made more dynamic through the Grace of his office."

In the last two years the Princess has been in an audience with the pope among 40 other people: "that was an enormous privilege, rather also a great experience."

The princes has many hopes and expectations of the Pope, "that he names good Catholic Bishops and that he can enforce his will through a powerful Curia."

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