Good Article on Pope's Regensburg Lecture:

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a consensus emerged between the then Cardinal Ratzinger and Habermas, that a new post-secular correlation of faith and reason is now central to the major global challenges facing us today of peace, justice and respect for the environment.
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the secularist ideology of excluding religion from the coherent universe of rational inquiry, and so of making religion simply a private matter, is also no longer a viable option. A post-secular correlation or alignment of faith and reason is an as yet unfinished project…It is an unfinished process because only through intercultural and interreligious dialogues can this new correlation be achieved today.
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and perhaps most importantly
the Catholic Church could not assume prior agreement on the notions of rational human nature and natural law when it enters into frank and respectful dialogue with other cultures and religions.
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The dialogue invited by Pope Bendict is between the Catholic Church and Western secularism, as well as with other religions and cultures.

Thank you, Fighting Fat, for sharing the article with us.
 
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