From what I've heard about Ratzinger, he grew up in an anti-Nazi household, and was forced to join Hitler's youth movement. Also, many Jewish leaders seem pleased with the choice, and are confident that he'll continue John Paul II's legacy of Jewish-Catholic interaction.

I've also heard that he's something of a polarizing figure.

"Well when I talk to people I don't have to worry about spelling." - wannabuyamonkey "If Schumacher’s last effort was the final nail in the coffin then Year One would’ve been the crazy guy who stormed the graveyard, dug up the coffin and put a bullet through the franchise’s corpse just to make sure." -- From a review of Darren Aronofsky & Frank Miller's "Batman: Year One" script