IN Ko te ara o te pontificate o St John Paul II, ko Katinara Joseph Ratzinger i maka i raro i te atarangi roa i a ia e noho ana i te torona o Pita. Engari ko te mea e tohu ana i te pontificate o Benedict XVI, ehara i te mea ko tona kaikorero, he whakakatakata, tona ahua me tona kaha - inaa, he ata noho ia, he marie, he ahua ohorere i te aroaro o te iwi. Engari, ko tana whakapono korekore me te whai kiko i te wa e whakaekehia ana te Barque of Peter mai i roto me waho. Ko tana tirohanga matakite me te matakite mo o tatou wa e ahua kee ana te kohu i mua i te ihu o tenei Kaipuke Nui; e e riro te reira i te hoê orthodoxy o tei haapapu e rave rahi taime, i muri a‘e i te 2000 matahiti o te mau pape vero pinepine, e ua riro te mau parau a Iesu ei fafauraa aueue ore:
Ko taku kupu tenei ki a koe, Ko Pita koe, a ka hanga e ahau taku hahi ki runga ki tenei kamaka, ae kore e taea e nga mana o te mate. (Mat 16:18)