This is not what the Catholic Church needs. They're going to have to think long and hard about who they want for Pope next time. Someone forward thinking, and preferably from the developing world, where most of the Catholics are anyway.
Sadly the Cardinals' College is quite out of touch, but there's nothing they can do to stop Benedict from saying stuff that's just going to discredit them further in Europe, so they just have to ride it out, and make a better decision next time.
Monster Hunter: pissing me off since 2010.