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1. I distinctly remember rejoicing and praying fervently that our new German pope would live a very long life on the day I heard the news of Benedict's election to the See of Peter.
   On the issue of frailty, can't we spare the poor man the indignity of yet another WYD this time in Rio de Janeiro?
   I've been to two Carnivales in that city in my life, and while they're a lot of fun, the party is over once Lent commences.
   He would be far more useful to Our Lord and all of us back at headquarters in Rome.
   Let's face it, he's not a bread and circuses bloke, whatever the perceived outcomes of such extravagant gestures to modernity.

   Posted By: Brent Egan

2. Brent: You seem to think that somebody is forcing Pope Benedict to attend WYD against his will.
   Surely it is his own decision, just as it is his own decision when and if he is ever to resign from the papacy. When Blessed John Paul died, many people thought that WYDs would die with him.
   But obviously Benedict, who has spent most of his life surrounded by university students, shares the late blessed pope's enthusiasm for youth and for WYDs.

   Posted By: Peter G

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