The present and next popes

RR Reno

With the announcement of his resignation, Pope Benedict signals the end of the heroic generation. No longer will the Catholic Church be run by a man who was a participant at the Second Vatican Council, the three years in the life of the Church that have defined so much of the last fifty.

http://www.firstthings.com/onthesquare/2013/02/benedict-and-the-next-pope