Useless conclave homily statistics: 2005 vs. 2013

On a whim and armed only with my Web browser's Find function, I looked for some key words found in the English translations of Cdl. Ratzinger's 2005 pre-conclave homily and compared those numbers with those found in Cdl. Sodano's 2013 pre-conclave homily. Presented without commentary—other than, of course, the choice of the words/phrases employed.

Word/Variant
or Phrase
Times used
by Ratzinger (2005)by Sodano (2013)
God136
-Divine*31
-Lord139
-Father33
-Son**50
--Christ/Christian(s)21/313/0
--Jesus104
--Messiah23
-Holy Spirit11
Faith151
Hope00
Love/Loved616
Charity/Charitable67/2
True/Truly/Truth6/1/80/0/0
-truth and charity20
-truth in charity10
Mercy(ies)64/1
Church*322
Peter/Simon1/09/1
-Successor of Peter04
-Evangelization02
Evil30
Joy40
Gift(s)81
world32
mission03
justice01
peace02
-justice and peace01
heart/soul3/43/0

* Case-insensitive
** That is, Son of God (either explicit or implied)

2 comments:

Badger Catholic said...

"world order" R:0 S:1

http://themoynihanletters.com/from-the-desk-of/letter-44-black-smoke

Aristotle A. Esguerra said...

Nice catch.

Yup, I'm following those too.