November 21, 2012
(Romereports.com) (-ONLY VIDEO-) Through
faith and reason we find truth. As part of his catechesis on the Year
of Faith, Benedict XVI talked about faith and reason. He explained that
faith and reason are not at odds. Instead, the Pope said these two
factors complement each other and allow people to understand God's
truth.
SEE FULL CATEQUESIS IN ENGLISH:
“Dear Brothers and Sisters, In our continuing catechesis for the Year of
Faith, we now consider the reasonableness of faith as an encounter with
the splendour of God’s truth. Through faith we come to true knowledge
of God and ourselves, and learn to live wisely in this world as we await
the fullness of life and happiness in the next.
Faith and
reason are meant to work together in opening the human mind to God’s
truth. By its nature, faith seeks understanding, while the mind’s
search for truth finds inspiration, guidance and fulfillment in the
encounter with God’s revealed word.
Far from being in conflict,
faith and science go hand in hand in the service of man’s moral
advancement and his wise stewardship of creation. The Gospel message of
our salvation in Jesus Christ, the Son of God, offers us a true
humanism, a “grammar” by which we come to understand the mystery of man
and the universe. In this Year of Faith, may we open our minds more
fully to the light of God’s truth, which reveals the grandeur of our
human dignity and vocation.
I offer a cordial greeting to the
participants in the conference on Catholic and Muslim cooperation in
promoting justice in the contemporary world. I also greet the group
from CAFOD, with gratitude for the agency’s fifty years of charitable
activity on behalf of the Church in England and Wales. Upon all present
at today’s Audience, including those from England, Sri Lanka and the
United States, I invoke God’s blessings!”
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