I was just over at MarkDRoberts.com and Mark has posted a good review of the newly elected Pope Benedict XVI. Go have a look.

While I'm not sure about the selection of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, or whether the Conclave should have chosen someone from the Third World or Southern Hemisphere or somewhere else. But Ratzinger (now Benedict XVI) is at least a champion of conservative theological truths and will not likely water down the theology of the Catholic Church, as many would have him do.