The new Pope took “Benedict” as his Papal name. This spells the way he will run the Church, a sure model of the early Church that, once upon a time, evangelized Europe. St. Benedict of Nursia is one of the patron saints of Europe. His monk, St. Boniface, and a small community evangelized Germany. And the Benedictines are known in Bavaria. There are twelve Benedictine monasteries there. So Joseph Ratzinger would have been acquainted with the order.
His contacts with the Benedictines in Italy, specially in Monte Casino and Subiaco, had made him a familiar figure in their monasteries. But it was the theologically minded Pope that saw the spirituality of the order and the keen realization that this spirituality is the solution to the present evil of relativism that has engulfed the Catholic world, that inspired him to choose the name “Benedict” as his papal name. His plans for the future of the Catholic Church is 1,500 years old.