But Benedict’s insistence that religion and politics be “open” to each other — coupled with his strong renewal while in Lourdes of the church’s opposition to same-sex couples, communion for the divorced and euthanasia — sends a direct message: the church doesn’t want European law to be at odds with church teaching, and he wants Catholics to make some noise about it. This pope is looking to reconquer Europe, if not in numbers, then at the political table.
Appunti di un anonimo italiano
22/9/2008
