Pope explains why he is going to Assisi-III

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“I understand quite well” - Benedict XVI wrote on March 4, 2011 - “your concern regarding the participation at the Assisi meeting. However, this commemoration would have to have been celebrated in some way and, all things considered, it seemed to me that the best thing would be for me to personally go there being thus able to determine the direction of it all. I will nevertheless do everything in order that a syncretistic or relativistic interpretation of the event will be impossible and so that what will remain is that I will always believe and confess that which I had called to the attention of the Church with [the Declaration] ‘Dominus Iesus’.”
 
Ahimsa said:
“I understand quite well” - Benedict XVI wrote on March 4, 2011 - “your concern regarding the participation at the Assisi meeting. However, this commemoration would have to have been celebrated in some way and, all things considered, it seemed to me that the best thing would be for me to personally go there being thus able to determine the direction of it all. I will nevertheless do everything in order that a syncretistic or relativistic interpretation of the event will be impossible and so that what will remain is that I will always believe and confess that which I had called to the attention of the Church with [the Declaration] ‘Dominus Iesus’.”
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I hope so.
 
The more fundamental question is, “Why is there going to be an Assisi III in the first place?”
 
Remember that H.H. was originally opposed to Assisi, BUT later changed his view after prayer and study of the spirit of Assisi…
 
TrueLight said:
I hope so.
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After doing a quick search of google dictionary to find out what he was talking about :), I also do hope so.

But I also ask, why must this commemoration be celebrated in some way?
 
Dragonslayer said:
After doing a quick search of google dictionary to find out what he was talking about :), I also do hope so.

But I also ask, why must this commemoration be celebrated in some way?
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There are certain topics on CAF that is best to avoid and I believe this is one of them. 👍
 
I can understand the Holy Father’s reluctance. There will be those that will blame him for not doing enough regardless of how this turns out. Short of burning pagans on the spot, there will be those that think he was showing indifferentism. I for one trusts his judgement to embrace ecumenism and evangelism without compromise or indifferentism, in the spirit of St. Francis.
 
pnewton said:
I can understand the Holy Father’s reluctance. There will be those that will blame him for not doing enough regardless of how this turns out. Short of burning pagans on the spot, there will be those that think he was showing indifferentism. I for one trusts his judgement to embrace ecumenism and evangelism without compromise or indifferentism, in the spirit of St. Francis.
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Well said. I certainly trust his judgment as well.
 
What a bad idea to go to this. Leaders of a bunch of religions that believe in false gods getting together with the leader of the one true religion and making it seem they are all on par. What could go wrong? Hopefully this won’t scandalize many of us as much as the previous ones.
 
hudson said:
What a bad idea to go to this. Leaders of a bunch of religions that believe in false gods getting together with the leader of the one true religion…
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St. Paul had no qualms about it.
… and making it seem they are all on par.
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There is no reason to believe this is going to happen.
 
pnewton said:
I can understand the Holy Father’s reluctance. There will be those that will blame him for not doing enough regardless of how this turns out. Short of burning pagans on the spot, there will be those that think he was showing indifferentism. I for one trusts his judgement to embrace ecumenism and evangelism without compromise or indifferentism, in the spirit of St. Francis.
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I, too, trust our Holy Father’s judgement.
 
Wouildn’t it be good if the Holy Father said at Assisi “You must all convert, my children, or risk damnation”, in a kindly, paternal way.

It will be interesting, I hope for the right reasons. He did well in Britain, calmly asserting himself at the wellspring of Protestantism.
 
The world knows quite well where Benedict XVI stands on indifferentism, universalism, and relativism. His presence at this interfaith meeting simply cannot reasonably be misconstrued as an endorsement of any of the above.
 
The world doesn’t know what those words mean.

The world sees a Pope visiting a mosque and thinks “Islam is on a par with Catholicism” and “The Catholic church is changing. We have not. Therefore it is wrong and we were right all along”.

catholicnews.com/jpii/stories/story04.htm
 
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