I took a moment today to read the Pope's homily at the Mass of the Lord's Supper. No, I'm not Catholic, but I love this guy. If you haven't read anything he's written, I highly recommend it (try this, this or this).
Protestants tend to be wary of the Catholic Church, although perhaps less so in the United States since the Catholic Church has not been as politically dominant here. And while I definitely have serious doctrinal differences with Catholicism, I'm thoroughly convinced that Pope Benedict is as genuine a man of God as has ever lived.
Consider Mark 9:38-41: "Teacher," said John, "we saw a man driving out demons in your name and we told him to stop, because he was not one of us." "Do not stop him," Jesus said. "No one who does a miracle in my name can in the next moment say anything bad about me, for whoever is not against us is for us. I tell you the truth, anyone who gives you a cup of water in my name because you belong to Christ will certainly not lose his reward."
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