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By Carl Anderson
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, SEPT. 28, 2009 (Zenit.org).- Benedict XVI has long made clear that Christianity does not believe in political messiahs. But again this weekend he reminded us that only faith in the true Messiah – Jesus Christ – can allow us to influence politics in a profoundly ethical way.
His words this past weekend in the Czech Republic – a country celebrating 20 years since the collapse of communism – have important implications for all of Europe and for the American continent – two places whose history is inseparable from Christianity.
Speaking in the Czech Republic at an ecumenical meeting Sunday, the Pope noted, “As Europe listens to the story of Christianity, she hears her own. Her notions of justice, freedom and social responsibility, together with the cultural and legal institutions established to preserve these ideas and hand them on to future generations, are shaped by her Christian inheritance.”
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NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, SEPT. 28, 2009 (Zenit.org).- Benedict XVI has long made clear that Christianity does not believe in political messiahs. But again this weekend he reminded us that only faith in the true Messiah – Jesus Christ – can allow us to influence politics in a profoundly ethical way.
His words this past weekend in the Czech Republic – a country celebrating 20 years since the collapse of communism – have important implications for all of Europe and for the American continent – two places whose history is inseparable from Christianity.
Speaking in the Czech Republic at an ecumenical meeting Sunday, the Pope noted, “As Europe listens to the story of Christianity, she hears her own. Her notions of justice, freedom and social responsibility, together with the cultural and legal institutions established to preserve these ideas and hand them on to future generations, are shaped by her Christian inheritance.”
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