Secularism is defined as affirming this world and rejecting the afterlife as it is historically rooted in materialism that denies the existence of God, angels, the soul and the afterlife. This "this-worldliness" is the source of secularism's antagonism toward the Church according to Pope Benedict XVI.
Secularism is defined as affirming this world and rejecting the afterlife as it is historically rooted in materialism that denies the existence of God, angels, the soul and the afterlife. This "this-worldliness" is the source of secularism's antagonism toward the Church according to Pope Benedict XVI.
Secularism is defined as affirming this world and rejecting the afterlife as it is historically rooted in materialism that denies the existence of God, angels, the soul and the afterlife. This "this-worldliness" is the source of secularism's antagonism toward the Church according to Pope Benedict XVI.
• Secularism is, by definition, the affirmation of this
world and the rejection of the next. It is historically rooted in a materialism that denies the existence of God, the angels, the soul and the afterlife. Its fundamental "this-worldliness" is the source of secularism’s antagonism to the Church. • Pope Benedict XVI Media