IN ʻO ke ala o ka pontificate o St. John Paul II, ua hoʻolei ʻia ʻo Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger ma lalo o kahi malu lōʻihi i kona noho ʻana i ka noho aliʻi o Petero. Akā ʻo ka mea e hōʻailona koke ai i ka pontificate o Benedict XVI, ʻaʻole ia ʻo kona ʻano charisma a ʻakaʻaka paha, kona ʻano a me kona ikaika - ʻoiaʻiʻo, ua noho mālie ʻo ia, ʻoluʻolu, ʻaneʻane ʻino i ka lehulehu. Akā, ʻo ia kāna ʻōlelo hoʻokalakupua a pragmatic i ka manawa i hoʻouka ʻia ai ka Barque o Peter mai loko a i waho. ʻO kona manaʻo akaka a wanana o ko kākou mau manawa, me he mea lā e hoʻomaʻemaʻe ana i ka noe ma mua o ka ihu o kēia Moku Nui; a he mea ia e hooiaio pinepine ai, mahope iho o na makahiki 2000 o na wai ino pinepine, he olelo hoopomaikai naueue ole ka olelo a Iesu.
Ke haʻi aku nei wau iā ʻoe, ʻo ʻoe ʻo Petero, a ma luna o kēia pōhaku e kūkulu wau i koʻu hale pule, ʻaʻole e lanakila ka mana o ka make ma luna ona. (Mat 16:18)