NOMINA DEL PREFETTO DELLA CONGREGAZIONE PER LA DOTTRINA DELLA FEDE

Shows you what gossip is worth. My spies in Rome told me that Benedict would likely not fill his own old shoes at the CDF, relying instead on an older tradition of allowing the Pope himself to have the final word. It's an American! Bishop Levada. Here is his Vatican bio (scroll down to second announcement. Relax, it's in English).