Posted on 09/05/2012 9:27:27 AM PDT by marshmallow
Castel Gandolfo, Italy, Sep 4, 2012 / 02:12 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Benedict XVI told a group of his former students that Christians should not be scared to uphold ethical truths despite the fear of being branded “intolerant.”
“Today, the concepts of truth and intolerance have almost fused together, so that to say that one has the truth becomes synonymous with intolerance. And we Christians do not dare to believe or to speak about the truth,” the Pope said in his homily during Sunday morning Mass at Castel Gandolfo.
The Sept. 2 liturgy at the papal summer residence marked the conclusion of this year’s Ratzinger Schülerkreis or Ratzinger Student Circle. Since 1977 the annual event has drawn together those who defended their doctoral theses with the present Pope during his years teaching theology at various universities in Germany.
According the Vatican Radio, Pope Benedict’s homily was based on an analysis of a passage in the Book of Deuteronomy that recalled how Israel received God’s law, which brought it authentic wisdom. The Pope said this wisdom was a gift to take joy in, rather than the result of some individual genius.
Similarly, he said, the Church is a “universal Israel” that must also take joy in God’s gift of Christ, the Law made flesh, without any sense of triumphalism but with gratitude for a gift we did not create. We must learn “to allow ourselves to be led by the truth,” he said, “then the truth will be able to shine through us anew, for the salvation of the world.”
Last year, for the first time ever, the Schülerkreis also included those who have written their doctrinal theses on texts by Joseph Ratzinger, now known as Pope Benedict XVI. With the addition of those students, the number of those participating in...
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Good remarks there with nails being hit on the head.
Pope Benedict, talking like a member of the Tea Party?
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“John Adams: “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” “
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Pope Benedict: “Today, the concepts of truth and intolerance have almost fused together, so that to say that one has the truth becomes synonymous with intolerance. And we Christians do not dare to believe or to speak about the truth,”
Oh, the wonders of Providence and the guidance of the Holy Spirit with the Holy Father saying these things as the Democrats begin their convention yelping about abortion, so-called gay marriage, and the supposed intolerant hatred of anyone holding to and speaking in defense of truth.
yes, finally
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