Monday, November 22, 2004

Papal contender attacks secularism

http://www.smh.com.au/text/articles/2004/11/21/1100972262966.html

[smh.com.au] November 22, 2004--"A leading contender to become the next Pope has launched a fierce attack on the forces of secularism, arguing that they were fostering intolerance in Europe and forcing Christianity underground.

Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, 77, one of the Vatican's most powerful figures, said that liberal consensus had now evolved into a 'worrying and aggressive' ideology.

As a result, 'Catholic and Christian religion' had been pushed out of the public debate and was being 'driven into the margins'...."

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