[NYer]

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Cardinal Ratzinger On Europe's Crisis of Culture (Part 1) The "God"less Society

Cardinal Ratzinger On Europe's Crisis of Culture (Part 2) - "Dogmatism"

[Modernman]

“the concept of discrimination is ever more extended, and so the prohibition of discrimination can be increasingly transformed into a limitation of the freedom of opinion.”

I agree with the Pope wholeheartedly.

It is interesting to see a Pope express such a defense of free speech.

[Political Junkie Too]

In the conclusion of Cardinal Ratzinger’s lecture, now Pope Benedict XVI...

This is just what I predicted.

Notice how they are trying to undermine the Pope by refusing to recognize him as the Pope? Instead, they refer to him as Pope in the opening sentence and then revert back to his Cardinal name for the rest of the article.

When has the media EVER done that before?

-PJ

[tutstar]

bttt

[Trimegistus]

Why does everyone refer to the Pope as "Ratzinger?" His name is now Benedict.

[nina0113]

He is NOT playing. Love it!

[proud American in Canada]

Why do so many articles about the Pope continue to refer to him as "Ratzinger?"

John Paul II was always referred to as such.

[Unam Sanctam]

The Pope hits the nail on the head!

[Freebird Forever]

Ratzinger concluded by expressing his strong doubt that the Enlightenment culture will ever provide a common cause for men. “We have to ask ourselves,” says the Cardinal, “if it is really complete in itself, to the degree that it has no need of a root outside itself.” The implied answer, of course, is no, the Enlightenment culture without the firm foundation of Europe’s roots in Christianity can only devolve into a pseudo and dogmatic religion, ultimately restrictive of freedom".

Not a Catholic here, but I admire this old boy's spunk.

What concerns me is that if he continues with his hard line, he'll soon find himself on the wrong side of the War on Terror "global struggle against violent extremism".

[lainde]

bttt

[montag813]

Benedict is much more philisophical than was John Paul, who spoke it general terms about these matters. Benedict is a real policy wonk, but also has a firm grasp of conservative thought. I think of Pope Benedict as the Antonin Scalia of popes. He is great so far. My only concern is that he doesn't go down the road of P.C. via-a-vis Muslims as John Paul unfortunately did. The Christian world needs a pope who will take the Islamofascists head-on, and demand accountability for the mass-murder of Christians in Africa and Asia.

[Khepera]

I just love it when spell check wants me to change his name to "Rat zinger" because he really does!

[Rutles4Ever]

"Very Soon It Will Not Be Possible to State That Homosexuality is an Objective Disorder"

Well we certainly can't state it in the workplace. That would be gronds for dismissal in most work environments these days.