HOLY FATHER "SORRY" FOR REACTIONS TO HIS REGENSBURG TALK
He(Benedict XVI) then went on: "At this time, I wish
also to add that I am deeply sorry for the reactions in some
countries to a few passages of my address at the
University of Regensburg, which were considered offensive to the
sensibility of Muslims. These in fact were a quotation from a
medieval text, which do not in any way express my personal
thought.
"Yesterday, the Cardinal Secretary of State published a statement
in this regard in which he explained the true meaning of my words.
I hope that this serves to appease hearts and to clarify the true
meaning of my address, which in its totality was and is an
invitation to frank and sincere dialogue, with great mutual
respect."
---VATICAN CITY, SEP 17, 2006 (VIS)
2.the Cardinal Secretary of State published a
statement
"Quite the contrary, what emerges clearly from the Holy Father's
discourses is a warning, addressed to Western culture, to avoid
'the contempt for God and the cynicism that considers mockery of
the sacred to be an exercise of freedom.' A just consideration of
the religious dimension is, in fact, an essential premise for
fruitful dialogue with the great cultures and religions of the
world. And indeed, in concluding his address in Regensburg,
Benedict XVI affirmed how 'the world's profoundly religious
cultures see this exclusion of the divine from the universality of
reason as an attack on their most profound convictions. A reason
which is deaf to the divine and which relegates religion into the
realm of subcultures is incapable of entering into the dialogue of
cultures.'
"What is clear then, is the Holy Father's desire to cultivate an
attitude of respect and dialogue towards other religions and
cultures, including, of course, Islam."
----VATICAN CITY, SEP 15, 2006 (VIS)
3.Let the storm be rested.Lets forgive and forget.
Pope says he was 'misunderstood'Wednesday, 20
September 2006,
