"But you can't express Christology on Twitter."

From an RNS piece, "From professorial pope, a lengthy paper trail", by Francis X. Rocca:

VATICAN CITY (RNS) Any book with an initial printing of 1.2 million copies in eight languages qualifies as a global publishing event, regardless of its author. But the release last week (March 10) of Pope Benedict XVI's latest tome was especially remarkable.

More to the point, "Jesus of Nazareth—Holy Week," is the latest work of Joseph Ratzinger. For it is the pope's original name that appears atop the cover and title page of this book, the second in a projected trilogy on the life and teachings of Jesus.
The name is there to make clear that the work is not an official decree from the leader of the Roman Catholic Church, but an expression of one scholar's ideas.

That distinction is one that makes Benedict's reign unique. ...

In a book-length interview with a German journalist last year, Benedict made a subtle statement about the morality of condom use that would have been unremarkable from a professor at a seminar table, but which coming from the pope provoked widespread confusion over possible changes to Catholic teaching on the subject.

Fessio, who studied under Ratzinger at the University of Regensburg in the 1970s, says that such misunderstandings are an inevitable but justified side effect of his former teacher's determination to engage in "serious reflection."

"If people don't have ears to hear, that's a problem," Fessio said. "But you can't express Christology on Twitter."

Read the entire article. Visit www.JesusofNazareth2.com for more information about Jesus of Nazareth: Holy Week.