Papal

Although I’m a long-standing fan of the Papal World Day of Prayer for Peace Messages – and quite possibly the only person in Australia who reads them on New Year’s Day – I must admit that this year’s Message troubles me.  It’s not what it says; it’s what it doesn’t say. The theme of this year’s Message is that religious freedom is the path to peace.  I guess I would not say the path, but certainly I agree that it is an essential dimension of the path to peace.  But that is not what troubles me.  The Message asserts that… Read More »Religious Freedom & Benedict’s World Day of Peace Message