Pope2K This pope loves tradition and historic dates: he’s positively living for the millennium. To him, it’s a jubilee year and a new beginning, not an apocalypse.
Power Pope His tiff with German bishops shows the pope’s belief in Vatican control, important for Catholic unity. A new pontiff might stress ‘collegiality’–more autonomy for bishops outside Rome.
Few Regrets He’s changed the papacy forever, but has failed in one goal: he’s never healed the breach between the Eastern Orthodox Church and Roman Catholicism
Still Going The pope looks frail, but his mind is clear and he travels far and wide, as often as possible. Next up: possibly Iraq.
Cold Warrior New biography ‘Witness to Hope’ cements the pope’s rep as a crusher of communism. He helped bring down the Iron Curtain, out of hilosophical conviction.
