
Pope Benedict’s Great Proposal
COMMENTARY: In his ‘Spiritual Testament,’ the Pope Emeritus desired that, after his death, the world hear one more time that the faith was reasonable.
COMMENTARY: In his ‘Spiritual Testament,’ the Pope Emeritus desired that, after his death, the world hear one more time that the faith was reasonable.
The host of EWTN’s ‘Father Spitzer’s Universe’ talks faith, reason and nourishing the soul with the Body of Christ.
A joint, seven-page appeal, signed on the feast of St. Francis of Assisi, was presented to Pope Francis ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference set to begin Oct. 31 in Glasgow.
“It seems to me almost incredible,” said Pope Benedict XVI in 2006, “that an invention of the human mind and the structure of the universe coincide. Mathematics, which we invented, really gives us access to the nature of the universe and makes it possible for us to use it.”
BOOK PICK: ‘The World According to God’
COMMENTARY: Catholics can accept what scientists discover, because we know the truths they truly find can never contradict the truths we know through the Church.
The natural sciences show how the world works, but sacred science shows how to reach Heaven.
“Once a person has come to faith, it is faith that must have the primacy in the relationship between faith and reason.” —Pope St. John Paul II
Media-savvy shepherd told social-media employees that authentic faith is not opposed to reason and gave tips for debating eternal questions.
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