All Things Catholic Sept. 15, 2006
John Allen Of the NCR makes the following comment on the Pope’s lecture at a German University.
All Things Catholic Sept. 15, 2006: “I have written before that Benedict XVI is not a PC pope. By that, I don’t mean that he sets out to give offense; on the contrary, he’s one of the most gracious figures ever to step on the world stage. Instead, he simply does not allow his thinking to be channeled by the taboos and fashions of ordinary public discourse.” Read full article at the link above.
Read report on reaction: CTV.ca
Former Arch-Bishop of Caterbury defended the Pope:
However, the former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey came to
the Pope’s defence today, saying Muslims must learn to enter
into dialogue without “crying foul”.
[ed. They are masters at causing trouble then playing the victim,
and more astoundingly, they get believed...]
Asked about the Pope’s remarks, he said: “I cannot comment on a
few phrases in what was clearly a long speech. The Pope is a
distinguished scholar and one unlikely to say offensive things.
If he quoted something said 600 years ago, we should not assume
that this represents the Pope’s beliefs about Islam today.
“But Muslims, as well as Christians, must learn to enter into
dialogue without crying foul. We live in perilous times, and we
must not only separate religion from violence but also not give
religious legitimacy to violence in any shape or form.”
Andrew Sullivan a former editor of the New Republic, and not always a fan of the Pope had this to say:
“–I can only commend the Pope’s latest homily on the great philosophical question of our day: the relationship between faith and reason, as it has unfolded in human history. I need more time to digest it, but its clarity and openness are welcome.
Benedict’s message about faith and reason is a deep and complicated one, and necessarily compressed in the homily. But this passage struck me as particularly profound….
The rationality of faith: now there’s a concept we need to breathe new life into in a world where religion is too often described as an irrational leap or “submisson” to an illogical God.”
