Vatican City, Sep 24, 2007 / 09:07 am
Pope Benedict XVI called on politicians this week to strive to prevent the dissemination of ideologies that cast a shadow on the truth and the good of consciences. He also asked that they not exclude God from the horizon of man and from history and to ensure that “authentically religious traditions” be allowed “to manifest their own identity publicly, free from any pressure to hide or disguise it.”
The Pope made his comments on September 21 at Castelgandolfo during a meeting with hundreds of members of the Centrist Democrat International (IDC) political party.