Confronted with these deeper questions concerning the origin and destiny of mankind, Christianity proposes Jesus of Nazareth.
Confronted with these deeper questions concerning the origin and destiny of mankind, Christianity proposes Jesus of Nazareth.
A correction is in order. These words come not from his talk at the ecumenical gathering, but the interreligious one. In the former setting they would have been a refreshing tonic. In the latter they are bold, and yet I find them expressed with respect and honesty. This is who we are. This is what we offer.
How wonderful. God bless the Pope.
From the very next paragraph
Dear friends, in our attempt to discover points of commonality, perhaps we have shied away from the responsibility to discuss our differences with calmness and clarity. While always uniting our hearts and minds in the call for peace, we must also listen attentively to the voice of truth. In this way, our dialogue will not stop at identifying a common set of values, but go on to probe their ultimate foundation. We have no reason to fear, for the truth unveils for us the essential relationship between the world and God. We are able to perceive that peace is a “heavenly gift†that calls us to conform human history to the divine order. Herein lies the “truth of peaceâ€
Richard, thanks, the link made it clear what the correct talk context was but I messed up the description and have now corrected it.
What, you mean Christianity doesn’t propose the Millennium Development Goals? How passé.
This is a wonderful address, and a great example of witness to the unreached. I also lift up to all his words at the end of the Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral where he pointed out that God had called St. Peter, a man with many faults, to be the rock of His church and further how God had called him, with all of his spiritual poverty, to be St. Peter’s successor. While I personally have significant theological differences with the RC church, I have the deepest respect and admiration for Benedict, this great Saint of God.