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Benedict XVI: help consciences grow. The conscience of the person is the key to cultural development in view of the common good; the Church wants to form consciences and so contribute to the construction …More
Benedict XVI: help consciences grow.

The conscience of the person is the key to cultural development in view of the common good; the Church wants to form consciences and so contribute to the construction and growth of society. This was just one of the issues Pope Benedict XVI addressed at the National Theatre in Zagreb, Croatia, where he spoke on Saturday afternoon, addressing representatives of culture and academia, civil society and leaders of other religions and Christian denominations. Taking for example the work of the Croatian Jesuit Ruder Josip Boskovic, who lived in the eighteenth century, founder of the Catholic University, Benedict XVI stressed the importance of acting for the common good. If conscience, according to the prevai ...