The entire article is very well done and only a few quotes can't do it justice, but here's one that is pertinent:
The Eucharist, "Dominus Jesus," the defense of life: these are the three pillars upon which Joseph Ratzinger has built the agenda for his pontificate.
The third pillar coincides with the "anthropological question" that dominates the beginning of the 21st century: the great conflict of faith, culture, and civilization that is taking place between the Christian and the secular vision of life and man.
The always brilliant Sandro Magister weighs in on the homily of Benedict XVI from his installation Mass as Bishop of Rome. Aside from the summary and Magister's take on it, there is included two pieces, one describing and the other written by Romano Guardini, a theologian who is one of the great influences upon the present Pope. The two pieces detail Guardini's thoughts on the inviolability of human life.
And it can also be found in one of his most influential teachers, the German theologian Romano Guardini (1885-1968). Ratzinger has said on a number of locations that he was formed in his school, as in that of Möhler, Newman, Scheeben, Rosmini, de Lubac, and von Balthasar.
This question is made especially relevant because as Magister points out and explains, there is a referendum coming up in Italy on eliminating restrictions to a public law that deals with human life before birth.
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