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 ONITSHA, Nigeria (AP) - Pope Benedict XVI's reputation for strict orthodoxy has won him admirers across a continent where many hold traditional views, but critics fear he may not do enough to fight African scourges such as AIDS, poverty and religious violence.
Elected pope on Tuesday, former Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger was known as Catholicism's enforcer under Pope John Paul II, once calling homosexuality "an intrinsic moral evil."
Leaders such as Desmond Tutu, the Nobel Peace laureate and retired Anglican archbishop of South Africa, cited AIDS and the Catholic stance against condom use in expressing concern about Benedict.
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