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Pope Benedict XVI

Having a clear faith, based on the creed of the church is often labeled today as fundamentalism. Whereas relativism, which is letting oneself be tossed and swept along by every wind of teaching, look like the only attitude acceptable to today's standards.

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Pope Benedict XVI is saying that firmly believing in the church’s teachings is now often unfairly called extreme or rigid. At the same time, accepting all kinds of changing ideas without a solid foundation is seen as the only acceptable way to think today.

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