{"id":4138,"date":"2006-12-07T13:16:49","date_gmt":"2006-12-07T13:16:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2006\/12\/zing.html"},"modified":"2006-12-07T13:16:49","modified_gmt":"2006-12-07T13:16:49","slug":"zing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2006\/12\/zing.html","title":{"rendered":"Zing!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cardinal Bertone, in an interview with the Italian bishops’ publication L’Avvenire<\/em>, as reported by John Allen.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Finally, Cardinale asked Bertone about commentaries on Benedict\u2019s trip from conservative European intellectuals known as \u201cdevout atheists,\u201d who are not religious believers but who nevertheless support parts of the moral and social message of the Catholic Church. Some had hoped for a more \u201chawkish\u201d line from Benedict in Turkey.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s important to recall that the spirit of the Crusades, or of clashes of civilizations, are no longer part of the Catholic church, which always has at heart the fate of its own children in majority Muslim countries, but also the dignity of every person, whatever race, nation or religion they belong to,\u201d Bertone said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf I can put it in a sound-bite,\u201d Bertone said, \u201cthe church doesn\u2019t really worry about atheists, however devout, because they\u2019re out of her spiritual jurisdiction, so to speak. Much more worrisome are those inside the church who work to distort its faith and moral principles, or who oppose the pope and his design for renewal of the church.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBut that,\u201d Bertone said, \u201cis another story.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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