Pope Benedict XVI warned Sunday that modern culture is pushing God out of people’s lives, causing nations once rich in religious faith to lose their identities.
Benedict celebrated a Mass in the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls to open a worldwide meeting of bishops on the relevance of the Bible for contemporary Catholics.
“Today, nations once rich in faith and vocations are losing their own identity, under the harmful and destructive influence of a certain modern culture,” said Benedict, who has been pushing for religion to be given more room in society.
“Modern culture is pushing God out of people’s lives, causing nations once rich in religious faith to lose their identities”
Yes, and then people wonder why they feel empty.
What a refreshing contrast to those church leaders who see it as their duty to embrace the zeitgeist at all times, who strain to remain fashionably current.