TIME: "The Pope Tones Down His Act in Turkey"

TIME Magazine's take on the Papal visit to Turkey:

Long known for his rigid thinking, Benedict XVI shows new flexibility in trying to mend fences in the wake of his controversial speech about Islam.

Joseph Ratzinger has never been known for his flexibility. As a university theologian and the Vatican's top doctrinal watchdog, the German prelate consistently stuck to his intellectual guns, sometimes stepping on sensibilities in the process. That unbendable belief in his own truth may have indeed gotten the now Pope Benedict XVI into trouble with his provocative September speech about faith and violence that sparked anger throughout the Muslim world. But the papacy often requires old men to learn new tricks. And so on Tuesday, as he set off on the most delicate mission of his life, the 79-year-old Pontiff was showing a very different side, one that reflects a growing awareness of his new role.

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My Comments:
"The Pope Tones Down His Act in Turkey"

Yeah, with Pope Benedict, it's all just an "act".

The guy who wrote this piece is a third-rate "journalist", but a first-rate jerk. What chutzpah for this guy to act as if he knows more about what is required of the role of Pope than does Joseph Ratzinger.