Relativism: The Central Problem for Faith Today, was an address given by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI), during the meeting of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith with the presidents of the Doctrinal Commissions of the Bishops’ Conferences of Latin America, held in Guadalajara, Mexico, in May 1996.
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