Ratzinger Takes Aim

A contender to become the next pope attacked the forces of secularism saying it fosters intolerance in Europe and forces Christianity underground.
Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, one of the Vatican's most powerful figures, said that liberalism has evolved into a "worrying and aggressive" ideology, and the Roman Catholic and Christian religion had been pushed out of the public debate and was being "driven into the margins." The Bavarian-born cardinal, who is the pope's doctrinal chief, said secularism is no longer an element of neutrality, which opens up space for freedom for all, it is beginning to change into an ideology, which, through politics, is being imposed.
"It concedes no public space to the Catholic and Christian vision, which as a result runs the risk of turning into a purely private matter, so that deep down it is no longer the same."

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