IN pakamuka pontificate aibuda, ane rudo, uye kunyange achimukira weSt. John Paul II, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger akakandwa pasi pemumvuri wakareba paakatora chigaro chaPetro. Asi chii chaizokurumidza kuratidza hupontifita waBenedict XVI kwaisazove kunakidza kwake kana kuseka, hunhu hwake kana simba - zvirokwazvo, aive akanyarara, akanyarara, akada kunetsa paruzhinji. Asi, yaizova dzidziso yake yebhaibheri isingazununguki uye yepragmatic panguva iyo Barque yaPeter yakanga ichirwiswa kubva mukati nekunze. Kwaizova maonero ake akajeka uye echiporofita enguva dzedu aiita seanobvisa mhute pamberi peuta hweChikepe Chikuru ichi; uye yaizova dzidziso yairatidza nguva nenguva, mushure memakore 2000 emvura zhinji ine madutu, kuti mashoko aJesu ivimbiso isingazununguki:
Ndinokuudza, ndiwe Peter, uye paruware urwu ndichavaka kereke yangu, uye masimba erufu haangaikundi. (Mat. 16:18)