” ” ” “The main spheres of work for the new president of the Papal Culture Council will include the relation with the non-believers and the so-called "world of denial". In this area, the Papal Council for Dialogue with the Non-Believers will be added the new Ministry. «In this sense highlights Monsignor Gianfranco Ravasi in a statement to SIR , we can say it is really a frontier Ministry, which will make me practise that missionary task which cardinal Tettamanzi has being reminding us of for a long time. After all, the cultural journey is a road in which believers and non-believers can find many things in common. I am thinking, for instance, of the big issues of the respect of life, of people’s freedom, the aspiration to beauty and the pursuit of truth. In other words, there is a common ground on which we can start moving and build some dialogue. Without falling into a fight with the lay world, but also without seeking refuge in a convenient syncretism. In my opinion, for us Christians it is precisely on the basis of the common ground of culture that we can start an exchange of ideas, without compromising on our soul, always ready to account for the hope that is within us».” “
