Friday, January 23, 2004

Archbishop O'Malley Sees Dual Threat in Today's Culture

If only more people would listen:
Truth and freedom are threatened in "our very hostile culture today".

The archbishop made this point in a speech he delivered to about 500 faithful at the Communion and Liberation national conference here Monday.
He told his audience that without truth, there can be no freedom, and without freedom, there can be no love.

"Perhaps the idolatry of freedom has led to the belief that we can choose our own truth because the truth as absolute is rejected as too confining, too demanding of the autonomous self," he said. "But the traditional Catholic approach is faith seeking understanding."
Full story here.

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