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29Nov. 2008
Vatican praise for Muslims
A senior Vatican cardinal has thanked Muslims for bringing God back into the public sphere in Europe and said believers of different faiths had no option but to engage in dialogue.
Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, head of the Catholic Church’s department for interfaith contacts, said religion was now talked and written about more than ever before in today’s Europe.
‘It’s thanks to the Muslims,’ he said in a speech printed in L’Osservatore Romano, the official newspaper of the Vatican. ‘Muslims, having become a significant minority in Europe, were the ones who demanded space for God in society.’
Vatican officials have longed bemoaned the secularisation of Europe, where Church attendances has dwindled dramatically in recent decades, and urged a return to its historically Christian roots.
‘We live in multicultural and multireligious societies,’ Tarun said. ‘There is no civilisation that is religiously pure.’
COMMENT: Does anyone in Christendom know what ‘dialogue’ means? Does Rome now consider an Arian god acceptable as God? Why have Church attendances - and every other aspect of Christianity – dwindled in recent decades? Does anyone think that when Cardinal Tarun urges a ‘return to Europe’s historical Christian roots; he means the KINGSHIP of Christ dominating over all people?
29Nov. 2008
Vatican praise for Muslims
A senior Vatican cardinal has thanked Muslims for bringing God back into the public sphere in Europe and said believers of different faiths had no option but to engage in dialogue.
Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, head of the Catholic Church’s department for interfaith contacts, said religion was now talked and written about more than ever before in today’s Europe.
‘It’s thanks to the Muslims,’ he said in a speech printed in L’Osservatore Romano, the official newspaper of the Vatican. ‘Muslims, having become a significant minority in Europe, were the ones who demanded space for God in society.’
Vatican officials have longed bemoaned the secularisation of Europe, where Church attendances has dwindled dramatically in recent decades, and urged a return to its historically Christian roots.
‘We live in multicultural and multireligious societies,’ Tarun said. ‘There is no civilisation that is religiously pure.’
COMMENT: Does anyone in Christendom know what ‘dialogue’ means? Does Rome now consider an Arian god acceptable as God? Why have Church attendances - and every other aspect of Christianity – dwindled in recent decades? Does anyone think that when Cardinal Tarun urges a ‘return to Europe’s historical Christian roots; he means the KINGSHIP of Christ dominating over all people?