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Pope: Church must provide answers to Society's Questions

Pope Benedict XVI has said that the Church must be ready to offer authentic Catholic answers to contemporary cultural problems that arise in today’s society, reports CISA.

He said this during a private audience on Thursday, January 28, when 300 people took part in a special joint session of the pontifical academies in the Vatican.

Pope Benedict said that the pontifical academies were established to provide the Holy See with expert guidance in various fields and that the Church can respond to new questions that arise in society.

According to CWS, the pope also said that the pontifical academics “are called to make your qualified, competent and enthusiastic contribution to ensure that all the Church and particularly the Holy See, is able to exploit the appropriate opportunities, languages and means necessary to enter into dialogue with modern cultures.”

He added, "Modern culture is deeply marked, both by relativism and subjectivism and by methods and approaches that are sometimes superficial, even banal. These harm the seriousness of research and reflection and as a consequence, also of dialogue, exchange and interpersonal communication.”

The pope said that there was need to urgently “recreate the conditions essential for deeper study and research, so as to make dialogue and exchange on the various problems more reasonable and effective, with a view to shared growth and a formation that promotes man in his entirety and completeness.”

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TAGS: Vatican Pope Benedict XVI Catholic Church cultural problems dialogue with modern cultures

[01/31/2010]

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