From Protg to Pope ; in N.J., Opinions Are Sharply Split

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Before Tuesday's election of a new pope, the Rev. Frank Weber was pulling for a Honduran archbishop with a reputation for getting out among his flock.

So Weber, a priest at St. Brendan's Roman Catholic Church in Clifton, wasn't overjoyed to hear that Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, a Vatican insider from Germany, would lead the world's Catholics.

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From Protg to Pope ; in N.J., Opinions Are Sharply Split

"I associate him more with the inner circle rather than going out to the people," said Weber, who preferred Cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga, archbishop of Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

But was Weber disappointed? Certainly not.

"There's always surprises," he said. "And you know, when a man sits on the throne ... a l...

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