Vatican City, Feb 16, 2006 / 22:00 pm
Earlier today at the Vatican, Pope Benedict XVI met with journalists from the Italian “Civilta Cattolica”, a Jesuit magazine established by Blessed Pius IX in 1850. He told them that Catholics—particularly Catholic journalists--are called to develop a true dialogue with a world plagued by disorientation and “individualistic relativism.”
The Holy Father began his brief address recalling Pius IX’s "perpetual institution" of the publication, which gave it “a particular statue that established a special link with the Holy See."
He told the group that in order for the magazine to remain "faithful to its character and its duty," it must "continually renew itself, correctly interpreting 'the signs of the times'."
Faced with the spread of what he called "individualistic relativism and positivistic science, ... closed to God and His moral law though not always prejudiced against Christianity,“ Benedict said that “Catholics are called to develop dialogue with modern culture, opening it up to the perennial values of transcendence."