IN Pambuyo pa upapa wotuluka, wachikondi, komanso wosintha zinthu wa St. John Paul II, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger adakhala pansi pa mthunzi wautali atatenga mpando wachifumu wa Peter. Koma zomwe zikanadzawonetsa upapa wa Benedict XVI posachedwa sizingakhale zachikoka kapena nthabwala zake, umunthu wake kapena nyonga - ndithudi, anali chete, wodekha, pafupifupi wovuta pamaso pa anthu. M'malo mwake, ingakhale chiphunzitso chake chaumulungu chosagwedezeka ndi chokhazikika panthaŵi yomwe Barque of Peter anali kuzunzidwa kuchokera mkati ndi kunja. Kungakhale kuzindikira kwake kodziwikiratu ndi ulosi wa nthawi zathu zomwe zimawoneka ngati zikuchotsa chifunga patsogolo pa uta wa Chombo Chachikulu ichi; ndipo chingakhale chiphunzitso chotsimikizirika mobwerezabwereza, pambuyo pa zaka 2000 za madzi amphepo nthawi zambiri, kuti mawu a Yesu ndi lonjezo losagwedezeka:
Ine ndinena kwa iwe, Iwe ndiwe Petro, ndipo pa thanthwe ili ndidzamangapo mpingo wanga, ndipo mphamvu za imfa sizidzaulaka uwo. ( Mateyu 16:18 )