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Vatican, Dec. 3, 2007 (CWNews.com) - Human rights cannot be adequately defended without a clear moral basis, Pope Benedict XVI said at a December 1 private audience.
The Holy Father spoke on December 1 to a group of participants in a Vatican forum for non-government organizations (NGOs). He praised the groups for their “passion for promoting human dignity,” and encouraged them to cooperate with governments and other international bodies in efforts to secure fundamental rights for all people.
The Pope noted, however, that “international discussions often seem marked by a relativistic logic,” which rejects the concepts of absolute truth and natural law. By that logic, he remarked, a bare consensus becomes “the only real basis of international norms.”
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Amen Holy Father!
The Holy Father spoke on December 1 to a group of participants in a Vatican forum for non-government organizations (NGOs). He praised the groups for their “passion for promoting human dignity,” and encouraged them to cooperate with governments and other international bodies in efforts to secure fundamental rights for all people.
The Pope noted, however, that “international discussions often seem marked by a relativistic logic,” which rejects the concepts of absolute truth and natural law. By that logic, he remarked, a bare consensus becomes “the only real basis of international norms.”
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Amen Holy Father!