A snippet from a CNS story about ecumenism, centered on observations by Bishop Brian Farrell of the secretary of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity:

He said that when Pope Benedict visited Turkey last fall he had dinner with members of the country’s small Catholic community at the Vatican nunciature. During the dinner someone suggested that the transition to pope must have been relatively easy for him after 24 years as head of the Vatican’s doctrinal congregation, Bishop Farrell said, and the pope responded, "It was easy to know the doctrine. It’s much harder to help a billion people live it."

…why we pray for the Pope!