Pope Leo XIV approves note citing Benedict XVI's Regensburg address
A note approved by Pope Leo XIV quotes the address Benedict XVI gave at the University of Regensburg on September 12, 2006. The note is linked to a Second Vatican Council document on interreligious dialogue
Pope Leo XIV has approved a note linked to a Second Vatican Council document on interreligious dialogue that includes a reference to Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. The quotation comes from the address Benedict XVI delivered on September 12, 2006, at the University of Regensburg during his visit to Germany, in which he discussed the relationship between faith and reason.
In that address, Benedict XVI quoted a text by Professor Theodore Khoury on a 14th-century dialogue between the Byzantine emperor Manuel II Paleologus and a Persian scholar. In the exchange, the emperor criticized the teaching of Muhammad, who he said had ordered his faith to be spread by the sword. Benedict XVI's words set off an international controversy, with criticism coming especially from the Muslim world.
Reason in the Catholic faith
The reference appears in the context of interreligious dialogue, a subject taken up by the Second Vatican Council, which promoted respect and cooperation among different faiths.
Based on reporting by Laura Clavería for Iglesia Noticias. This article was translated and adapted from Spanish with the help of artificial intelligence.
