February 11, 2013

Bill Donohue offers seven good reasons why the pope’s legacy is secure:

Religion for Pope Benedict XVI is as much a public issue as it is a private one. In 2008, he warned American bishops against \”the subtle influence of secularism,\” holding that \”any tendency to treat religion as a private matter must be resisted.\”
The pope made it clear that religious freedom was not only a God-given right, it was \”the path to peace.\”
He knew religion could be abused, leading even to violence. His much misunderstood 2006 Regensburg University lecture was really about the uncoupling of religion from reason (reason not united to faith also leads to violence).
The pope reached out to dissidents on the right and the left, seeking to bring them to communion. Not all his efforts succeeded, but his attempts were noble.

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Catholic League: Pope\’s Legacy is Secure