It’s funny. I hardly recognized the name of Joseph Ratzinger before he was elected Pope Benedict XVI. Now, it seems I see his name all over the place in my readings. I mean, he was probably all over the books I read, but his name never really stuck out. For example, when I read Grenz, he just calls him Joseph Ratzinger….not Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger. He doesn’t refer to his position or anything of the sort. And that’s how he’s always referred to in the books I read. Now it looks extremely weird to see his name in print like that….without any sort of title.