IN Ukuvuka kukapopu ophumayo, onothando, kunye nenguquko kapopu oNgcwele uJohn Paul II, uKhadinali uJoseph Ratzinger waphoswa phantsi komthunzi omde xa wayethatha itrone kaPetros. Kodwa into eyayiza kuphawula ubupopu bukaBenedict XVI kungekudala yayingazukuba buburharha okanye uburharha, ubuntu bakhe okanye amandla akhe - eneneni, wayezolile, ezolile, ephantse ukuba mbi esidlangalaleni. Endaweni yoko, iya kuba yimfundiso yakhe yezakwalizwi engaguqukiyo kunye nepragmatic ngexesha apho iBarque kaPeter yayihlaselwa ngaphakathi nangaphandle. Ibiya kuba yimbono yakhe ecacileyo nengokwesiprofeto yamaxesha ethu eyayibonakala isusa inkungu phambi kwesaphetha salo Mkhukula Omkhulu; kwaye iya kuba yinkolelo engqina amaxesha ngamaxesha, emva kweminyaka engama-2000 yamanzi amaninzi anezaqhwithi, ukuba amazwi kaYesu asisithembiso esingagungqiyo:
Ndithi kuwe, UnguPetros wena, kwaye ndiza kulakhela phezu kolu lwalwa ibandla lam, kwaye amandla okufa akazukusoyisa. (Mat 16:18)