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Islamic Outreach, Part LIII

From an earlier post on this blog:

Pope Francis spoke to the diplomatic corps and amongst other things, said, "Hence it is important to intensify dialogue among the various religions, and I am thinking particularly of dialogue with Islam."

Meanwhile, Pope Francis' smarter, older brother Pope Benedict XVI had this to say:

VATICAN CITY - Retired Pope Benedict XVI said dialogue with other religions is no substitute for spreading the Gospel to non-Christian cultures, and warned against relativistic ideas of religious truth as "lethal to faith." He also said the true motivation for missionary work is not to increase the church's size but to share the joy of knowing Christ.

The retired pope's words appeared in written remarks to faculty members and students at Rome's Pontifical Urbanian University, which belongs to the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. Archbishop Georg Ganswein, prefect of the papal household and personal secretary to retired Pope Benedict, read the 1,800-word message aloud Oct. 21, at a ceremony dedicating the university's renovated main lecture hall to the retired pope.

The Trouble With Jesuits, part 22

 The College Fix reports:

 
Loyola University Chicago (ed. - A Jesuit School)  recently christened a new pagan student club, with its student organizer saying the group aims to help pupils at the private Catholic college find the God they seek, not just the one featured in the Bible.

“Loyola’s mission states that ‘seeking God in all things’ is one of the main tenants of the university,” said the group’s student president, Jill Kreider, in an email to The College Fix. “While the mission primarily focuses on the Abrahamic God, there is no reason a Pagan student (or a Hindu, Baha’i or Sikh student) cannot seek using his or her own faith, regardless of which god they are doing it for.”

Synod of Bishops Bafflegab

From Jimmy Akin:

 The last couple of days have brought some good news from the current synod of bishops on the family.
Where things are going is still far from certain and there is still reason for concern, but there have been a number of welcoming signs.
Here are 12 things to know and share . . 

 4) What’s substantively wrong with the document?
Among other things:

• It’s written in turgid ecclesiastical bafflegab.
• It is written in a one-sided way that deliberately favors a particular point of view.
• It contains elements that are difficult to square with Church teaching.

It also has been subject to various other criticisms.

"God's Gonna Cut You Down"

The "You" Johnny Cash  is talking about is this....thing, seen here talking to with St. Wofgang: