Pope demands realism in interfaith dialogue
November 24, 2008
In a letter to the Italian author of a work on the Christian roots of European culture, Pope Benedict XVI said that "an inter-religious dialogue in the strict sense of the word is not possible." That quotation from the Pope, carried in the Italian daily Corriere della Sera, drew comment in a New York Times headline that seemed to question whether the Pontiff was slamming the breaks on inter-religious efforts. But a more accurate reading would be that the Pope is, once again, demanding that dialogue should be rigorous and realistic. The papal spokesman, Father Federico Lombardi, reminded the Times that this has been "a papacy known for religious dialogue."
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