IN ukuvuka kukapapa ophumayo, onothando, futhi ngisho noguquko luka-St. John Paul II, uKhadinali uJoseph Ratzinger waphonswa ngaphansi kwethunzi elide lapho ethatha isihlalo sobukhosi sikaPetru. Kepha okuzophawula ubupapa bukaBenedict XVI bekungeke kube ukuthakasela noma amahlaya akhe, ubuntu bakhe noma ubungqabavu bakhe - empeleni, wayethule, enokuthula, ecishe abe nzima emphakathini. Kunalokho, kwakuyoba imfundiso yakhe yenkolo engantengantengi futhi engokoqobo ngesikhathi lapho iBarque of Peter yayihlaselwa ngaphakathi nangaphandle. Kungaba umbono wakhe ocacile nongokwesiprofetho wezikhathi zethu owawubonakala ususa inkungu ngaphambi komnsalo walo mkhumbi Omkhulu; futhi kungaba inkolelo-mbono eyafakazela kaninginingi, ngemva kweminyaka eyizi-2000 yamanzi avame ukuba nesiphepho, ukuthi amazwi kaJesu ayisithembiso esingenakunyakaziswa:
Ngiyakutshela, unguPetru, futhi phezu kwaleli dwala ngizokwakha ibandla lami, futhi amandla okufa ngeke alinqobe. (Math 16:18)