Vatican City, Nov 15, 2018 / 10:31 am
Pope Francis and XVI have written letters lending their support to a Vatican-sponsored conference on the risks posed to fundamental human rights.
In a letter on a Nov. 15-16 international symposium in Rome, Benedict wrote that he believes it "extraordinarily useful" to make a close examination of the issue of the "multiplication of rights" and the risk this poses.
Pope Francis, in his own letter on the conference, pointed to Benedict XVI as having "lucidly warned of the urgency of these issues for our time," and having "intervened authoritatively on them as a thinker and as a pastor."
The symposium, which is on the theme of "fundamental rights and conflicts between rights," is being organized by the Joseph Ratzinger-Benedict XVI foundation headed by Fr. Federico Lombardi. It is being held at LUMSA, a Catholic university in Rome.