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L'abate Michael John Zielinski: "Il senso del Pontificato di Benedetto XVI" (Rasponi)
Saluto al Papa del Catholicos di Cilicia degli Armeni
La Chiesa in Spagna chiama alla riconciliazione e alla solidarietà (Osservatore Romano e Sir)
Il Papa ad Aram I, Catholicos di Cilicia degli Armeni: "In Medio Oriente la pace nasce dal rispetto reciproco"
Discorso di Benedetto XVI al Collegio dei Bernardini: il commento di Giorgio Picasso (Il Sussidiario)
Crocifisso a scuola: quale laicità nella decisione del giudice spagnolo? (Campoleoni)
Notizia choc: un cardinale fa l'elogio dell'ortodossia (Magister)
Lorenza Violini: Perché la Cassazione ha negato ad Eluana una “legittima difesa” (Il Sussidiario)
Quante contorsioni dietro la parola "eutanasia" (D'Agostino)
Card. Giacomo Biffi: Teologhese, giù dal pulpito! (Avvenire)
Lettera-prefazione del Papa al libro di Marcello Pera: La fede non si può mettere tra parentesi. Urge il dialogo interculturale
Il saggio di Marcello Pera con un testo del Papa. «Il Cristianesimo, chance dell’Europa» (Calabrò)
Travolti dalle banalita' dei giornaloni italiani, che stamattina si occupano di cio' che il Papa non ha detto (la parola "genocidio"), ma non di cio' che ha effettivamente pronunciato ("...nel XX secolo, un tempo di indicibile sofferenza per il popolo armeno..."), e' bello potere segnalare questo importante articolo del New York Times a proposito della lettera-prefazione scritta da Benedetto XVI per il libro di Marcello Pera:
Pope Questions Interfaith Dialogue
By RACHEL DONADIO
ROME
In comments on Sunday that could have broad implications in a period of intense religious conflict, Pope Benedict XVI cast doubt on the possibility of interfaith dialogue but called for more discussion of the practical consequences of religious differences.
The pope’s comments came in a letter he wrote to Marcello Pera, an Italian center-right politician and scholar whose forthcoming book, “Why We Must Call Ourselves Christian,” argues that Europe should stay true to its Christian roots. A central theme of Benedict’s papacy has been to focus attention on the Christian roots of an increasingly secular Europe.
In quotations from the letter that appeared on Sunday in Corriere della Sera, Italy’s leading daily newspaper, the pope said the book “explained with great clarity” that “an interreligious dialogue in the strict sense of the word is not possible.” In theological terms, added the pope, “a true dialogue is not possible without putting one’s faith in parentheses.”
But Benedict added that “intercultural dialogue which deepens the cultural consequences of basic religious ideas” was important. He called for confronting “in a public forum the cultural consequences of basic religious decisions.”
The Vatican spokesman, the Rev. Federico Lombardi, said the pope’s comments seemed intended to draw interest to Mr. Pera’s book, not to cast doubt on the Vatican’s many continuing interreligious dialogues.
“He has a papacy known for religious dialogue; he went to a mosque, he’s been to synagogues,” Father Lombardi said. “This means that he thinks we can meet and talk to the others and have a positive relationship.”
To some scholars, the pope’s remarks seemed aimed at pushing more theoretical interreligious conversations into the practical realm.
“He’s trying to get the Catholic-Islamic dialogue out of the clouds of theory and down to brass tacks: how can we know the truth about how we ought to live together justly, despite basic creedal differences?” said George Weigel, a Catholic scholar and biographer of Pope John Paul II.
This month, the Vatican held a conference with Muslim religious leaders and scholars aimed at improving ties. The conference participants agreed to condemn terrorism and protect religious freedom, but they did not address issues of conversion and of the rights of Christians in majority Muslim countries to worship.
The church is also engaged in dialogue with Muslims organized by the king of Saudi Arabia, a country where non-Muslims are forbidden from worshiping in public.
© Copyright New York Times, 24 novembre 2008 consultabile online anche qui.
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