Pope Questions Interfaith Dialogue

"In quotations from the letter that appeared on Sunday in Corriere della Sera, Italy’s leading daily newspaper, the pope said the book “explained with great clarity” that “an interreligious dialogue in the strict sense of the word is not possible.” In theological terms, added the pope, “a true dialogue is not possible without putting one’s faith in parentheses.”"

Having not actually read said document, it's difficult to comment. Sounds like Pope B16 is calling out "dialogue" for the charade it is. I imagine that by "parentheses" he means standing as a third party outside of a religious dialogue. However, a world view is a world view...even a neutral stance requires the adoption of certain secular assumptions...and secularism comes from a particular tradition itself.

-Steve K.