WE HAVE A

NEW POPE!!!

       Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger

now

           Pope Benedict XVI

Text of our Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI's first words:

Text of the speech delivered by our new Pope Benedict XVI from the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica. (You bet we taped the exciting, historic event!)

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"Dear brothers and sisters, after the great Pope John Paul II, the cardinals have elected me — a simple, humble worker in the vineyard of the Lord.

"The fact that the Lord can work and act even with insufficient means consoles me, and above all I entrust myself to your prayers.

"In the joy of the risen Lord, trusting in his permanent help, we go forward. The Lord will help us and Mary his very holy mother stands by us."

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