Amy's paper at Villanova

Patrick blogs, below, about the recent conference at Villanova on Pope Benedict and the re-evangelization of law, politics, and culture.  Congratulations to Patrick, and to his Villanova colleagues, for arranging what was, for me, an inspiring and instructive conference. 

Patrick notes that our fellow blogger, Amy Uelmen, presented a paper, "Reconciling Evangelization and Dialogue Through Love of Neighbor in Law, Politics, and Culture," which -- as Patrick reports -- "offered a searching account of how Benedict's call to social charity consists with the true message of Dominus Iesus about the unicity of salvation through Christ."  Like everything Amy writes, the paper was generous, thoughtful, charitable (as in, full of "charity"), inspiring, and challenging.  And, it now appears, it could not have been more timely. 

I've been thinking a lot about what she said, about love, dialogue, and witness, as I sort through all the news and comment about the Pope's recent speech and the reactions to it.  I hope she'll post it somewhere soon!