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@Manfred, re "what do you think the great scholar, Fr. Joseph Ratzinger, would have said in his "Little-Girl Voice"?" The "voice" is not choice of words. It is the "persona" of innocence, of holiness if you will, that is manifest in body language, tone of voice, etc. It cannot be imitated by those who have not got it. Re "Has any serious number of people been converted to the True Faith (and not some tawdry knockoffs) by Pope A, B or C?" What the popes teach should be read by many (that's why they write it), and whenever it is read and understood, and acted upon in the lives of individuals, supporting and encouraging their own growth in holiness, it is the witness of these who have read them, and grown in holiness and truth, not the papal encyclicals directly, that reach "Everyman". - Pam H.