Recently two of our SMS editors got the chance to go to Mass and dinner with the Austrian, Christoph Cardinal Schönborn, the editor of the current Catholic Catechism and the author of a New York Times op-ed about intelligent design that was published in July 2005, one that the Holy Father said, as he told us, was “divinely providential.”
The Cardinal studied with then-Cardinal Ratzinger and remains close to the Holy Father. He is extremely brilliant yet has a gentle way about him and much to our delight, brings back memories of John Paul II.
Cardinal Schönborn spoke about nominalism and what it has done to modern science. He also spoke about gay rights and abortion and the importance of Catholic education institutions.
We were blessed to sit with the Cardinal, and pro-life champion Congressman Chris Smith, for dinner and speak with him about many topics, including the impact of the Internet on Catholics. He was very interested to learn about how Catholics are connecting online, which of course, as editors of SMS, we were happy to tell him about! We also discussed abortion (see below for the video for more on that topic).
The Cardinal urged us to defend natural law and the Catholic Church through the use of reason rather than sentiments. He said that nature helps us to understand the will of God and that “reality indicates something about God’s plan.”
The Cardinal on nominalism:
The Cardinal talks about abortion:
The Cardinal on having a dialogue of religions on grounds of reason:
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Great stuff! Thanks for sharing this! I wish I would have been there too!
Keep up the great work, SMS!
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