What the Hell?

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Pope Benedict XVI has nominated his successor as Prefect of the Congregation for Sacred Doctrine; and it is, of all people, Archbishop Levada of San Francisco, a man who combines dubious theological opinions with a spectacular record of sheer ineffectiveness and remoteness from his flock. This is a choice whose logic I fail to see, although I do not doubt that it will greatly reassure Newsweek and the BBC.