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First Posted: 2/13/2013 Those pining for some kind of reinvention or modernization of the Roman Catholic Church with the abdication of Pope Benedict XVI most assuredly will be disappointed. After all, the College of Cardinals, now at nearly its full complement, is dominated by Benedict appointees who share his conservative orthodoxy.
We don't note that as any kind of pejorative. It is a fact. And it's one that the next pontiff must use to his and the Catholic Church's benefit.
Benedict, who turns 86 in April, announced on Monday that he will end his papacy, the church's 265th, on Feb. 28. The pontiff cited his failing health. 
This act is an act of humility in more ways than one. The Catholic Church has been rocked by a number of scandals, the most serious being the sexual abuse cases. And some have argued that many of the church's failures to act can be traced directly to Benedict's prior role when, as Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, he oversaw the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, which was responsible for dealing with abuse cases.
 
That said, Benedict's pontificate, in an era of what he called the dictatorship of relativism, indeed leaves a legacy of fealty to one of today's rarest commodities -- principle.
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Those pining for some kind of "reinvention" or "modernization" of the Roman Catholic Church with the abdication of Pope Benedict XVI most assuredly will be disappointed. After all, the College of Cardinals, now at nearly its full c