Research, anyone?

Ok, instead of even trying to be an apologist, I think I'm just going to make copies of Interreligious Dialouge and Jewish-Christian Relations and distribute it to all those who tell me Pope Benedict XVI is a Nazi-fascist-right-wing-hard-liner. It would be nice if his dissenters would do as much research into him as his fans. Then I have a feeling there would be more of the later and less of the former.

"The religions can encounter one another only by delving more deeply into the truth, not by giving it up. Skepticism does not unite. Nor does sheer pragmatism. Both are simply an opening for ideologies, which then step in with all the more self-assurance. The renunciation of truth and conviction does not elevate man, but exposes him to the calculus of utility and robs him of his greatness. What is required, however, is reverence for the other’s belief, along with the willingness to seek truth in what I find alien—a truth that concerns me and that can correct me and lead me further."

Beautiful.