In St. Paul Address 39 Years Ago . . . Cardinal Ratzinger Notes Important Link Between Faith And Philosophy
By PEGGY MOEN (Editor’s Note: Benedict XVI is the only Pope I have seen in person — and that was in 1984, years before he was elected to the Chair of Peter. Nonetheless, listening to his erudite yet warm presentation on faith and philosophy showed me that he was a saint and scholar and nothing like the “God’s Rottweiler” decried by the mindless secular media.(Below is the text of the report that I wrote, and The Wanderer published on February 23, 1984, about Cardinal Ratzinger’s presentation at the College [now University] of St. Thomas.) + + ST. PAUL — “Faith does not destroy philosophy, but defends it,” and the priorities of philosophy “have always been linked with the priorities of…Continue Reading