WHY I AM NOT CHARLIE HEBDO – REALLY?! (Part 3) A Pope and A Prime Minister: Francis and Cameron speak about religion and terrorism, Charlie Hebdos and freedom of speech – while some media get it wrong and Cameron misses out #FaithMatters #JeSuisChrétien #JeSuisChrist #CatholicVoice Are you Charlie? I am not. Read this article by papal author Austen Ivereigh. Excerpts... He was not, in other words, entering into a debate about the legal limits of free speech but, as church leaders tend to do, was making an ethical point about how to promote human flourishing. But in order to build a genuinely pluralistic, tolerant society, in which people can in freedom seek and debate the common good, and in which different groups holding strong convictions can live in peace with each other, we need to assert far more than the legal right to cause offence. We need to assert the ethical obligation of respect. David Cameron, as the elected leader entrusted with safeguarding the British common good, should know that, and should be fearless in stating it. Instead, he affirmed a crowd-pleasing banal truth. He may not, contrary to reports, have disagreed with the Pope. But he missed a terrific opportunity to agree with him. Read the entire article at... cvcomment.org/2015/01/18/david-camerons-missed-opportunity-to-agree-with-pope-francis/
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