IN his last homily before becoming Pope Benedict XVI in 2005, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger coined the phrase ‘a dictatorship of relativism.’
In his sermon, he said: ‘We are building a dictatorship of relativism that does not recognise anything as definitive, and whose ultimate goal consists solely of one’s own ego and desires.’
Proponents of the philosophy of relativism claim to believe that there is no truth; you have your beliefs and I have mine. And it seems as though we are seeing Benedict’s warning come to pass in Canada.
