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Castel Gandolfo, Italy, Sep 4, 2012 \/ 02:12 pm (CNA\/EWTN News<\/a>).- Pope Benedict XVI told a group of his former students that Christians should not be scared to uphold ethical truths despite the fear of being branded \u201cintolerant.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\t\u201cToday, the concepts of truth and intolerance have almost fused together, so that to say that one has the truth becomes synonymous with intolerance. And we Christians do not dare to believe or to speak about the truth,\u201d the Pope said in his homily during Sunday morning Mass at Castel Gandolfo.<\/p>\n

\tThe Sept. 2 liturgy at the papal summer residence marked the conclusion of this year\u2019s Ratzinger Sch\u00fclerkreis or Ratzinger Student Circle. Since 1977 the annual event has drawn together those who defended their doctoral theses with the present Pope during his years teaching theology at various universities in Germany.<\/p>\n

\tAccording the Vatican Radio, Pope Benedict\u2019s homily was based on an analysis of a passage in the Book of Deuteronomy that recalled how Israel received God\u2019s law, which brought it authentic wisdom. The Pope said this wisdom was a gift to take joy in, rather than the result of some individual genius.<\/p>\n

\tSimilarly, he said, the Church is a \u201cuniversal Israel\u201d that must also take joy in God\u2019s gift of Christ, the Law made flesh, without any sense of triumphalism but with gratitude for a gift we did not create. We must learn \u201cto allow ourselves to be led by the truth,\u201d he said, \u201cthen the truth will be able to shine through us anew, for the salvation of the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tLast year, for the first time ever, the Sch\u00fclerkreis also included those who have written their doctrinal theses on texts by Joseph Ratzinger, now known as Pope Benedict XVI. With the addition of those students, the number of those participating in the three days of closed-door seminars increased to approximately 40.<\/p>\n

\tThis year the topic for group study and discussion was the Church\u2019s ecumenical dialogue with Anglicanism and Lutheranism.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\tSch\u00fclerkreis member Cardinal Christoph Sch\u00f6nborn of Vienna recalled how Pope Benedict explained that \u201cthe most important thing is that we listen to each other\u201d since as fellow Christians we cannot create unity, which \u201cis a gift from God.\u201d What can be done in ecumenism, added the Pope, is to \u201clearn from each other how to follow Christ today.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\t\u201cThat is beautiful,\u201d said Cardinal Sch\u00f6nborn, \u201cbecause it gave us such an input of hope for what were are doing with these dialogues that are often apparently without results \u2013 but if we meet each other in faith, then it is really a mutual enrichment in the faith in Christ.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tPope Benedict\u2019s 26-year academic career involved him teaching at universities in Bonn, Munster, Tubingen and Regensburg. He was appointed as Archbishop of Munich and Freising in 1977.<\/p>\n

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