Rome, Italy, May 16, 2011 / 17:18 pm
As the world looks at Christian families today, it needs to see authentic love and that living the faith is possible. That’s how Carl Anderson sums up what he’s been saying in Rome over the past few days.
The head of the Catholic fraternal organization the Knights of Columbus is attending a three-day conference at the Pontifical Pope John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and the Family. CNA caught up with him on May 14, before he headed back to the U.S.
“Pope Benedict and Pope John Paul have spoken so often about the necessity of witness and the witness of Christians individually, in their marriages and in their families. And we have a lot of different disputes about philosophies, politics or economic systems, but what we can all agree on is that every single one of us is looking for authentic love,” he said.
This is the theme of much, if not most, of Carl Anderson’s work – love. In fact, he is the author of five books, including ‘Called to Love: Approaching John Paul II’s Theology of the Body,’ and ‘A Civilization of Love: What Every Catholic Can Do to Tranform the World’.