Articles on this issue "pluralism"
Religious expression doesn't have a privileged place in the public square -- but it does a prominent one, says the archbishop of Dublin. Archbishop Diarmuid Martin, delivering the RTE Michael …
read moreIn the face of a much ballyhooed multiculturalism, Catholicism is distinct, if not unique, in its insistence on the priority of an authoritative moral community not of one's own choosing. …
read moreSeparation of church and state does not imply the rejection of the contribution of believers to society, says John Paul II. The Pope made that point today when receiving in audience a …
read moreA theology that does not invite conversion to Christ -- or that considers all religions as equal -- empties Christianity of its meaning, warns John Paul II. "To bear witness to Jesus Christ is …
read moreAlthough there is room for plurality in the political action of a Catholic, the believer must opt for fundamental moral principles, the Holy See says. The exhortation appears in the "Doctrinal …
read moreThe Holy See in a new document warns that "cultural relativism," which denies the existence of absolute truths, threatens to undercut contemporary democracies. The "Doctrinal Note on Some …
read moreCardinal Aloysius Ambrozic oversees one of the most diversified dioceses in the world. "My Church is really very interesting," said the archbishop of Toronto, a city where Mass is celebrated …
read moreTodays Christians have to accept pluralism as a value, but without failing to proclaim the Gospel as the only truth, participants at a debate concluded. The debate, organized April 8 in Milan, …
read moreOn Aug. 19, at the end of the recitation of the Angelus, John Paul II made the following appeal in favor of the numerous Christians detained by the authorities in Lebanon, who are accused of …
read moreHere is a translation of the "Notification" published by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith on Jesuit Father Jacques Dupuis book "Toward a Christian Theology of Religious …
read moreIf all believers can be saved, are all religions the same? This is the question that numerous faithful have asked the Holy See, after reading the book of a well-known Belgian theologian on the …
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