Cardinal Bertone Defends Religion in Public Square: Contends That Politics Needs Christianity

Cardinal Bertone Defends Religion in Public Square: Contends That Politics Needs Christianity

By Mirko Testa ROME, SEPT. 30, 2008 (Zenit.org)—Politics needs Christianity and it is therefore totally legitimate for believers to participate in the public square, says Benedict XVI’s secretary of state. Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone (pictured above) affirmed this today in Rome when he spoke at a conference titled “The Century of Beliefs,” on the occasion of…