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A Voice in the Relativistic Wilderness

The Pope crusaded for "moral truth." We should welcome his help.

By Richard John Neuhaus | posted 4/04/2005 12:00AM

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The encyclical concludes with an extended meditation on the meaning of martyrdom, drawing examples from the Scriptures and the history of courageous resistance to tyranny. Martyr, of course, means witness. We are not all called to martyrdom, but we are called to bear witness to the truth that makes, and keeps, us free. And that, according to Verita Splendor, is the splendor of living in the truth.

It is a splendor splendidly articulated in this document that is not only for Catholics and not only for Christians, but is directed to all who, at the bottom-most base of their being, intuit the call to live a life of moral meaning. My Baptist friend who says that this pope sure knows how to pope adds, "He's your pope, but I hope you don't mind if we borrow him from time to time." Not at all.

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