Wow! I really like this Pope. This statement from above, really has a lot to say - so I thought it was worthy to be repeated:
“The foundation of our freedoms isn’t a thoroughgoing skepticism, but a profound, “self-evident” moral truth: that we have inalienable rights. America’s quest for freedom has been guided by the conviction that the principles governing political and social life are intimately linked to a moral order based on the dominion of God the Creator,” Benedict said.
And to add to that .. I have a favorite statement by Pope John Paul - upon his first visit to America: “I come as one who wishes you [America] to fulfill completely YOUR NOBLE DESTINY OF SERVICE TO THE WORLD.”
“And to add to that .. I have a favorite statement by Pope John Paul - upon his first visit to America: “I come as one who wishes you [America] to fulfill completely YOUR NOBLE DESTINY OF SERVICE TO THE WORLD.” “ ~ CyberAnt
bttt And to add to that:
“Shining City” speech at the first CPAC conference in 1974.
“We cannot escape our destiny, nor should we try to do so. The leadership of the free world was thrust upon us two centuries ago in that little hall of Philadelphia. In the days following World War II, when the economic strength and power of America was all that stood between the world and the return to the dark ages, Pope Pius XII said, ‘The American people have a great genius for splendid and unselfish actions. Into the hands of America God has placed the destinies of an afflicted mankind.’”
“We are indeed, and we are today, the last best hope of man on earth.”