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To: ELS
Certainly, we have long and have again on this occasion heard many dissonances from representatives of this community - pride and a patronizing know-it-all attitude, fixation into onesidedness etc. For the love of truth I must add that I have also received a series of moving testimonials of gratitude, in which was made perceptible an opening of hearts. But should the great Church not also be able to be magnanimous [in German its a play on words: "great Church - great of heart"] in the knowledge of the long wind she has; in the knowledge of the promise which she has been given? Should we not, like good educators, also be able not to hear some bad things and strive to calmly lead out of the narrowness? And must we not admit that also from ecclesial circles there have come dissonances? Sometimes one has the impression that our society needs at least one group for which there need not be any tolerance; which one can unperturbedly set upon with hatred.

Has he been reading FR's religion forum these last few years?

9 posted on 03/11/2009 1:08:59 PM PDT by TradicalRC (Conservatism is primarily a Christian movement.)
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To: TradicalRC
Unfortunately, you, and many others, have managed to pick out and emphasize the negative in the most powerful, beautiful and poignant section of what the Pope wrote.

A better translation of that section appears below with emphasis on the words of healing:

Instead of seeing the true weight of the merciful heart of what is written (emphasized above) people have pointed at the last sentence of that section, wrestling it entirely out of context and distorting the message.

10 posted on 03/12/2009 9:06:48 PM PDT by delacoert
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