“The challenge for Europe,” he asserted, is for its Christian soul “to find a shared expression in ecumenical dialogue between the Catholic, Orthodox and Protestant Churches” and then “encounter this abstract reason. In other words, it must accept and maintain the freedom of reason to criticize everything it can do and has done, but to practice this and give it concrete form on the foundations and in the context of the great values that Christianity has given us.”
“Only by blending these elements can Europe have weight in the intercultural dialogue of mankind today and tomorrow. Only when reason has a historical and moral identity can it speak to others” and “find a fundamental unity in the values that open the way to the future, to a new humanism,” Benedict said.
“This must be our aim,” the Pope said. “For us, this humanism arises directly from the view of man created in the image and likeness of God.”
Just in time to pay the Jisya to the ruling muslims.
Ping!
I actually respected Pope Benedict for his stance on Islam. This current Pope, wants to bring Islam and Christianity together (Chrislam). This is insane!
it would be a nice first step if Christianity would rekindle in that little ittsy-bitsy part of Europe known as the Palatium Apostolicum
he is probably right but it will look nothing like Christianity. It will be based on environmental issues and global warming, LGBT teaching and orthodoxy, abortion at any age, etc.