POPE CONDEMNS HATE AND VIOLENCE IN THE NAME OF GOD AND RELIGION
"To
hate no man."
St Benedict, Rule No 4
"No
religion is from God which contradicts our sense of
right and wrong"
Card. Newman
NAPLES,
Italy, OCT. 21, 2007 (Compiled from various news
sources):
Pope Benedict
XVI urged the world's religious leaders not to allow
God's name to be used to justify violence.
"Faced with a world lacerated by conflicts," the Holy
Father said, "where at times violence is justified in
the name of God, it is important to re-emphasize that
religion can never be a vehicle of hate; never, in
the