Sunday, 25 January 2015

POPE FRANCIS ON FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION (Letter to Dom Post, January 23)

Chris Bowen (To the Point, January 23) accuses Pope Francis of thinking ‘it should be illegal to offend someone’s religious delusions’.
 
Where does he get that idea? Because what the Pope actually says on the subject of freedom of expression is, ‘I cannot continually insult a person because I risk making him angry and risk an unjust reaction. Freedom must be accompanied by prudence’.   

Methinks it’s Chris Bowen who’s deluded.

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